Con-Way Central Express opens regional service centers in Sioux City and Fort Dodge, Iowa; expansion due to increased business volumes from local shippers.FORT DODGE/SIOUX CITY, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 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. ), the Ann Arbor-based regional trucking company, has opened new service center operations in Sioux City Sioux City, city (1990 pop. 80,505), seat of Woodbury co., NW Iowa, at the junction of the Big Sioux and Floyd rivers with the Missouri; inc. 1857. It is a shipping, wholesale trade, and industrial center for an extensive agricultural and livestock area (including and Fort Dodge, Iowa Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, situated on the Des Moines River. The population was 25,136 at the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S. Routes 20 and 169. , to handle growing shipping volumes from its customers in central and western Iowa. The new service centers will provide shippers with expanded capacity for regional freight service with 100 percent intra-state coverage and more efficient overnight and second-day interstate service throughout CCX's 22-state network, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Gerald L. Detter, president of the regional carrier. "We are experiencing significant growth in our business levels, which has created the need for additional capacity to handle freight moving through our central and western Iowa operations," stated Detter. "Our expansion in Sioux City and Fort Dodge Fort Dodge, city (1990 pop. 25,894), seat of Webster co., central Iowa, on the Des Moines River; settled c.1846; inc. 1869. Fort Clarke was built on the site in 1850 and renamed Fort Dodge the following year. will allow us to effectively manage this growth and continue to provide consistent service. We're meeting the growing overnight and second-day delivery needs of our customers in Iowa as well as throughout the entire CCX network." The new 15-door service center in Sioux City is located at 2701 Boulevard of Champions and employs 10 people, including seven CCX drivers/sales representatives. The facility incorporates former CCX pick-up and delivery operations in Orange and Denison, Iowa Denison is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Boyer River. The population was 7,339 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Crawford County.GR6 Geography Denison is located at , and now serves as the base for servicing those communities. CCX's Sioux City facility services local territory extending as far west as Yankton, S.D.; east as far as Storm Lake, Iowa Storm Lake is a city in Buena Vista County, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,076 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Buena Vista CountyGR6. Storm Lake is home to Buena Vista University, originally Buena Vista College. ; as far north as Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, city (1990 pop. 100,814), seat of Minnehaha co., SE S.Dak., on the Big Sioux River; settled 1856, inc. as a village 1877, as a city 1883. Settlers abandoned the site in 1862 because of Native American raids, but with the establishment (1865) of Fort , S.D.; and south as far as Winslow, Neb. The local Sioux City service center number is 712/255-5045. Located at 303 South 21st Street, CCX's new four-door service center in Fort Dodge, Iowa, employs eight people, including six drivers/sales representatives. The facility incorporates former CCX pick-up and delivery operations in Spencer and Carroll, Iowa. The CCX/Fort Dodge facility offers shipping service to communities as far west as Storm Lake, Iowa; east as far as Eldora, Iowa; as far north as Whittemore, Iowa; and south as far as Jefferson, Iowa. The local Fort Dodge service center number is 515/955-6419. CCX's toll-free number is 800/421-4007. 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. With headquarters in Ann Arbor, Mich., CCX has nearly 6,000 employees and operates 183 service centers serving more than 67,000 communities throughout 22 midwestern and eastern U.S. states and the province of Ontario. Con-Way Central Express is one of four transportation businesses owned by Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1 billion regional trucking and intermodal freight transportation company based in Menlo Park, Calif. CONTACT: Gary Frantz, 415/854-7500 John Barksdale, 800/220-0371 |
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