Pacer International Helps Kick off NBC's Sunday Night Football Series.Logistics Assignment from General Electric Puts Pacer on the Gridiron for 20 Prime-Time Games CONCORD, Calif. -- Some of the hottest football games of the National Football League's 2006 season are being featured on NBC's prime-time "Sunday Night Football Sunday Night Football can refer to one of three National Football League television series:
Playing a strategic logistics role at virtually all 20 NBC-televised games is Pacer International Pacer International NASDAQ: PACR is a U.S. based holding company with operations in non-asset based third-party logistics and intermodal freight transportation services. The company's subsidiary Pacer Stacktrain pioneered the use of "double-stack" rail services. , Inc. (Nasdaq:PACR PACR Pacer International Inc. (stock symbol) PACR Proposed Acceptability for Continuing Registration PACR Professional Accreditation of Conservator-Restorers PACR Piano d'Azione sul Capitale di Rischio ), the North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. logistics and transportation provider. 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. Jeff Brashares, vice-chairman for commercial sales, Pacer has been awarded a logistics contract from General Electric to transport a 22-ton generator package to each Sunday Night Football game, where it will supply up to 2400 amps of power to the NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. mobile broadcast studio. "This logistics win from GE, a valued Pacer customer since 1985, puts Pacer on the gridiron for every Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. game," said Brashares. "We are thrilled that they picked us for this critical assignment." Said Ron Painter, manager of corporate transportation programs at GE's Corporate Initiatives Group, based in Alpharetta GA: "We know Pacer for their reliability and service, so we asked them to position this power package exactly where it needs to be for each of NBC's weekly prime-time television games around the United States. They are criss-crossing the continent on a stringent schedule, repositioning the generator from stadium to stadium along a route that will exceed 15,500 miles." John Hickerson, chief executive officer of Pacer Transport, Pacer International's long-haul and specialized trucking unit, said his company has provided a brand new, fire-engine red Peterbilt tractor for the high-visibility job, a 48-foot drop-deck trailer for the payload, and one of its most reliable drivers. Hickerson said Pacer has already positioned the generator for two NBC pre-season games: Washington at Cincinnati (Aug. 13), and Seattle at Indianapolis (Aug. 20); and for four 2006 season games: Miami at Pittsburgh (Sept. 7), Indianapolis at New York Giants
Pacer's six future game commitments include Seattle at Chicago (Oct. 1), Pittsburgh at San Diego (Oct. 8), Oakland at Denver (Oct. 15), Dallas at Carolina (Oct. 29), Indianapolis at New England (Nov. 5), and Philadelphia at Dallas (Dec. 21). Pacer will also deliver the power unit for eight additional games at locations yet to be determined, said Hickerson. About Pacer International -- Pacer International, a leading non-asset based North America third-party logistics and freight transportation provider, through its subsidiaries and divisions, offers a broad array of logistics and other services to facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. Its services include wholesale Stacktrain (cost-efficient, two-tiered rail transportation for containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. shipments) and cartage cart·age n. 1. The act or process of carting. 2. The cost of carting. cartage a fee charged for carting of goods. See also: Dues and Payment Noun 1. (local trucking) services; and retail intermodal marketing, truck brokerage, trucking services, warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management services. Pacer International is headquartered in Concord, California. Its business units Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Global Logistics are headquartered in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively. Web site: www.pacer-international.com. PHOTO NOTE TO EDITORS: High-resolution jpg photos are available. If you are unable to retrieve the images from the link shown, contact Steve Potash, tel. 510-865-0800 or steve@potashco.com. |
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