Con-Way Southern Express Adds New Lawrenceville, GA Service Center.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 13, 1999--

Groundbreaking for $7.5 million facility October 27

Con-Way Southern Express (CSE) announced today it is expanding operations in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area with the construction of a new 100-door service center in Lawrenceville. The new facility will more than double the company's freight handling capacity for servicing the freight transportation needs of local businesses. A groundbreaking is scheduled for October 27 at 10 am.

The company, which provides regional less-than-truckload freight services for commercial and industrial shippers, cited growing demand as one of the key reasons for construction of the new facility, which is scheduled for completion in April 2000. "Gwinnett County is a fast growing area and our customers here demand reliable one and two-day service to the Midwest, Northeast, South and Mid-Atlantic States. This expansion will ensure that we continue to meet that expectation," said John T. Hickerson, president and chief executive officer of CSE.

The state-of-the art facility, on 54 acres at 1449 Oakland in Lawrenceville, replaces an existing smaller 44-door service center in Norcross. "With 100 doors and the ability to expand in the future to 150, our freight handling capacity and service levels will continue to be the best in the business," added Hickerson. CSE was recently cited in an industry survey of traffic managers as one of the top carriers in the South. The company has received the top rating in six out of the last ten years.

The new facility will have 100 loading doors, over 60,000 square feet of dock space "under roof," a 13,000 square foot shop and fueling area and 6,500 square feet of offices.

CON-WAY serves more than 400 businesses in the northeast quadrant of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area and handles 1 million pounds of freight a day. The facility will employee 150 people and operate a fleet of 50 tractors and 100 trailers. Scott Watkins will manage the facility. Darold Bishop will be personnel supervisor.

Customers using the new facility will receive next-day service to all points in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South and North Carolina and most of Kentucky. Parts of Mississippi, Florida, Virginia, Indiana and Illinois will also receive next-day service from Lawrenceville. Second-day service will extend northeast to New Hampshire, south to all of Florida, west to parts of Texas and north to Wisconsin.

Headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, the company has 5,300 employees, operates 105 service centers and has a fleet of over 7,800 trucks, tractors and trailers. The CSE network covers 12 states in the South and southeastern United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. In partnership with Con-Way Central Express and Con-Way Western Express, CSE provides full regional, inter-regional and transcontinental coast-to-coast service throughout North America.

CSE is an operating component of Con-Way Transportation Services, a $1.8-billion company that provides time-definite and day-definite freight delivery services for commercial and industrial businesses. Within the CON-WAY family are regional less-than-truckload carriers Con-Way Central Express, Con-Way Southern Express, and Con-Way Western Express; Con-Way Truckload Services, providing multi-modal, full-truckload shipping; Con-Way NOW, an expedited carrier specializing in emergency shipment service; and Con-Way Integrated Services, a contract supply chain execution service provider.

CON-WAY is a subsidiary of Palo Alto, Calif.-based CNF Transportation Inc. (CNF:NYSE) a $5.8-billion diversified transportation company with operations worldwide.

Further information about CON-WAY and additional press releases are available via the Internet at www.con-way.com.