Wednesday, June 29, 2011

YRC Worldwide delivers new brand name for Yellow, Roadway integration - Kansas City Business Journal:

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In a Friday release, the Overland Park-baseds company (Nasdaq: YRCW) said it is ahead of schedule to integrats the national networks byearly spring. “YRC expresses the combined strength of Yellowand Roadway, and represents our integration of networks, services and Greg Reid, YRC Worldwide’s executive vice president and chiedf marketing officer, said in the release. Since October, YRC Worldwidee has opened about 80 sharedf service centers to manage the combinedsYRC network, serving both Roadway and Yellow customers.
A YRC Worldwidde that the Yellow-Roadway consolidation will reduce the number of facilities from 600 to abouft 450by year’s end and reduce the employee counr at affected facilities by an estimated 15 although she didn’t have an estimates count of employees who will be laid off. Customeres whose access was restrictef to Yellow Transportation or Roadway will have access to all theconsolidated facilities. The consolidation also will addabout 21,009 direct service points, she said, meaningv that number of additional routes will start at one poin t and go straight to the destination, without intermediatre stops, improving transportation time and efficiency.
Companyu Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars saidin Friday’ws release that customers “are reacting very positivelt to the integration.” YRC ranks No. 2 on the Kansaes City BusinessJournal ’s list of area public

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