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Arkansas-Best changed its name to ABF Freight System Inc. in 1980 [7] and, by 1981, was the eighth largest trucking company in the US operating 106 terminals. [6] It acquired East Texas Motor Freight Lines, a subsidiary of Bright Industries Inc., in 1982, a move which added 44 new terminal cities increasing ABF's reach to a total of 158, [ 9 ...
The company was formed in 1966 as Arkansas Best Corporation by Robert A. Young, owner of LTL carrier Arkansas-Best Freight System (now ABF Freight System), [2] to be that carrier's holding company as a way to facilitate diversification. [3] Young remained the company's chairman until his death in 1973. [4]
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In December 2003 Yellow Corporation, at the time the second largest LTL carrier in the US, acquired the largest, Roadway Corporation, for US$1.05 billion. [13] [14] Roadway had been spun off from its former parent, holding company Roadway Services Inc. (RSI), in 1995 and operated as an independent, publicly traded company since then.
The American Trucking Associations (ATA), founded in 1933, is the largest national trade association for the trucking industry.ATA represents more than 37,000 members covering every type of motor carrier in the United States through a federation of other trucking groups, industry-related conferences, and its 50 affiliated state trucking associations.
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By 1991, RSI was the third largest freight carrier in the US [6] and joined the Dow Jones Transportation Average, replacing Pan Am. [7] The following year, Roadway began serving Canada. [ 3 ] By the mid 1990s, RSI had organized its regional LTL holdings, which now included acquisitions Central Freight Lines and Cole's Express, into the Roadway ...