Corporate Profile for M.S. Carriers, dated September 8, 1995.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones Dow Jones the best known of several U.S. indexes of movements in price on Wall Street. [Am. Hist.: Payton, 202] See : Finance News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine See AOL. , CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company and many others. -0- Published date: September 8, 1995 Company name: M.S. Carriers
Address: 3171 Directors Row
Memphis, Tenn. 38116
Telephone No.: 901/332-2500 Chief Executive Officer: Michael S. Starnes Chief Financial Officer: Joe Barrow Investor Relations Contact: Joe Barrow Business number: 901/344-4400 Public Relations Contact: Andy Mus, Archer/Malmo Business number: 901/523-2000 Home number: 901/278-6827 Trading symbol: MSCA Industry: Transportation Company description: M.S. Carriers is an irregular route truckload carrier Merrian-Webster online dictionary defines truckload as " a load or amount that fills or could fill a truck". A truckload carrier is a trucking company that generally contracts an entire trailer-load to a single customer. based in Memphis, Tennessee For the ancient Egyptian capital, see . Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. Memphis rises above the Mississippi River on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff just below the mouth of the Wolf River. , providing service in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. M.S. Carriers has been a publicly-held company since 1986, traded on the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on (MSCA MSCA Military Support to Civil Authorities MSCA Marque Sports Car Association MSCA Multi-Site Cooperative Agreement MSCA Minnesota State Chess Association MSCA Mobile Supply Chain Application MSCA Master-at-Arms of the Society for Creative Anachronism ). Business units include: -0-
-- Domestic Linehaul Service -- Regional Service
-- Dedicated Service -- International
-- M.S. Logistics Services (Mexico / Canada)-0-
Mike Starnes founded M.S. Carriers in 1978, with a handful of drivers and trucks. By 1983, M.S. Carriers bought its 100th truck and had yearly revenue over $10 million. Today, it is one of the top eight truckload carriers in the nation, with more than 2,300 trucks, 3,300 employees, and yearly revenues exceeding $290 million. M.S. Carriers was founded on the principle of responding to customer needs. Much of its success is due to its flexibility to customize services and provide resources -- people, systems, equipment, and creative innovation -- to help customers reduce costs and improve service. Customers include: Sears, Disney, Proctor & Gamble, Kelloggs, and Pillsbury. M.S. Carriers' award-winning service stems from its people and its customization of leading edge software, including satellite tracking and load optimization technology, to serve customers in a faster, more efficient and more economical way. CONTACT: Archer/Malmo, Memphis Andy Mus, 901/523-2000 |
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