Con-Way Central Express Opens New Campbellsville, Ky., Service Center; Facility Provides Capacity For Increased Freight Volumes In Central Kentucky.CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1995--Con-Way Central Express (CCX (Cisco Compatible EXtensions) Specifications for makers of 802.11 wireless LAN chips for ensuring compliance with Cisco's proprietary wireless LAN protocols. For example, Cisco's LEAP and EAP-FAST are part of CCX. See EAP. ) has opened a new service center in Campbellsville, Ky., to provide expanded capacity for its regional trucking operations serving businesses in central Kentucky Central Kentucky is sometimes considered the Central and Southern part of the Bluegrass region, the Far Upper Western Eastern Mountain Coal Fields, and the Far Upper Eastern Pennyroyal regions. Its major cities include Lexington and Frankfort. . The new facility -- located at 74 Red Fern Road in Campbellsville -- is designed to accommodate current and future growth of the company's freight transportation business, giving Campbellsville shippers 100 percent direct coverage in Kentucky and improved interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. service within CCX's entire 25- state service network. Equipped with eight loading doors, CCX's new 2,000-square-foot freight processing facility will be operated by eight people, including six driver/sales representatives. The service center will deploy a fleet of 15 trucks, tractors and trailers. "We are experiencing significant growth in our business levels, which has created the need for an additional facility to service our customers in central Kentucky," stated Gerald L. Detter, president of CCX. "Our expansion in Campbellsville will allow us to effectively manage this growth and provide additional capacity for the overnight and second-day delivery needs of customers throughout Campbellsville and the entire CCX region." From Campbellsville, CCX provides direct next-day commercial freight delivery service as far north as Detroit; south to Atlanta; east to Wheeling, W.Va.; and west to St. Louis. Direct two-day service is provided for an area extending as far north as upper Michigan; south to Florida; east to the east coast; and west to Kansas. The new Campbellsville facility incorporates portions of CCX operations in Lebanon, Hopkinsville and Corbin, Ky., and will be managed by Scott Shuman. The CCX toll-free number is 800/421-4007. The local number for the new CCX/Campbellsville facility is 502/789-2897. Founded in 1983, Con-Way Central Express is a regional motor carrier specializing in next-day and second-day service for commercial and industrial less-than-truckload freight. Headquartered in Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich., CCX has more than 6,000 employees and operates 224 service centers serving more than 70,000 cities and communities throughout 25 midwestern and eastern U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and , and the province of Ontario, Canada, and provides full coverage interregional in·ter·re·gion·al adj. Of, involving, or connecting two or more regions: interregional migration; interregional banking. service for 12 states in the Southern U.S. in conjunction with its sister company, Con-Way Southern Express. Con-Way Central Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1.3 billion regional trucking and multi-modal truckload truck·load n. The quantity that a truck can hold. truckload n → camión m lleno freight transportation company based in Menlo Park Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif. CONTACT: Gary Frantz, 415/854-7500 John Barksdale/Michelle Jones, 800/220-0371 |
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