Fedex Custom Critical Chosen By NFL To Deliver Equipment for E*TRADE Super Bowl Halftime Show.Business Editors AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 FedEx Custom Critical, Inc., North America's largest time-specific, critical-shipment carrier and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FDX See full-duplex. fdx - full-duplex ), will deliver the highly specialized Super Bowl XXXVI Super Bowl XXXVI was the 36th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 3, 2002 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana following the 2001 regular season. staging materials and equipment for one of the year's most anticipated events, the E*TRADE(R) Super Bowl XXXVI Halftime Show A halftime show is a performance given between the first and second halves or the 2nd and 3rd quarters of a sporting event. Halftime shows are not given for sports with an irregular or indeterminate number of divisions (such as baseball or boxing), or for sports that don't stop. . FedEx Custom Critical's White Glove Services(R) division, which specializes in shipments that require special care in handling, is coordinating the delivery. The shipments began Jan. 15, requiring six tractor-trailers to transport the freight from Camarillo, Calif. to the staging area staging area n. A place where troops or equipment in transit are assembled and processed, as before a military operation. Noun 1. in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . The freight will then be shuttled via three flatbed trucks to the Louisiana Superdome New Orleans Saints • • [ before the game Sunday, Feb. 3. The shipments, with an estimated total weight of 50,000 pounds, include a stage, staging materials, framing and lighting equipment. The 4,000 square foot stage will be constructed on the playing field in less than four minutes. FedEx Custom Critical has handled similar specialized shipments for concerts, tradeshows and other major sporting events. "Delivering critical shipments isn't just a facet of our business -- it's all we do," said Jack Pickard, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of FedEx Custom Critical. "Whether it's equipment for a special event, parts to keep a production line from shutting down or life-saving medicines needed in times of disaster, customers count on FedEx Custom Critical to deliver in the most crucial situations." FedEx Custom Critical provides exclusive-use, time-specific shipment services throughout the U.S. and Canada and within Europe. Among its divisions are Surface Expedite, for non-stop, door-to-door transport of critical shipments; White Glove Services(R), for shipments that require special care in handling; and CharterAir(R), which offers an array of expedited air solutions to meet customers' critical delivery times. With annual revenues of $20 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions. NOTE TO EDITORS: FedEx press releases are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.fedexcustomcritical.com. |
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