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Ryder was founded in Miami, Florida, in 1933 by James Ryder as a concrete hauling company with one truck, a 1931 Model "A" Ford. [7] In 1938, Ryder signed a five-truck lease deal with Champagne Velvet Beer, increasing Ryder's fleet to 20 trucks. [8] By the following year, the fleet had more than 50 trucks.
International Utilities acquired Ryder Truck Lines from Ryder System in 1965, and Pacific Intermountain Express in 1973. IU would later merge both companies in 1983, creating Ryder/P-I-E Nationwide, Inc. IU sold Ryder/P-I-E to Maxitron Corporation in late 1985. [2] In 1978, C. Brewer & Co. became a wholly owned subsidiary of IU. The company was ...
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White truck in Iquique, Chile White truck in the Chicago Fire Department from 1930 to 1941 1944 White Model VA-114 truck on display at the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa. White Motor Company ended car production after World War I to focus exclusively on trucks. The company soon sold 10 percent of all trucks made in the US.
In late 2016, AK Steel notified Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. (D/b/a PLS Logistics), a company which had been managing all of AK's truck dispatch and rail operations since 1995, that it was being replaced by Ryder as of January 18, 2017. [44] At the time, AK Steel constituted 32% of the PLS' revenue base, according to court filings.
Western Star Trucks acquired the bus manufacturer Ontario Bus Industries (renamed Orion Bus Industries) in 1995. ERF trucks was purchased by Western Star in 1996. [4] [5] It was sold in 2000 to MAN. [6] In 2000, Western Star was purchased by DaimlerChrysler, becoming part of the Freightliner Trucks division. [2] [7] [8]
He retired from his position with Ryder System, Inc. in 2002. [10] Throughout his tenure, Burns helped Ryder to grow from $500 million in revenue to more than $5 billion. When Burns joined Ryder in 1974, the company primarily focused on truck leasing and rental, owning a fleet of about 50,000 vehicles and employing 13,000 workers in three ...
Roadway Express, Inc. was an American less than truckload (LTL) trucking company. Roadway Express and its holding company, Roadway Corporation, were acquired by logistics holding company Yellow Corporation in 2003, and the parent companies were merged to form Yellow Roadway Corporation, later renamed YRC Worldwide.