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Contents
Transportation,
Logistics and Distribution
Health
Care Logistics
Global
Supply Chains
Military
Logistics
Vendors
Education/Training
Transportation,
Logistics and Distribution
Abilene
Motor Express
With
a fleet of more than 170 tractor-trailers,
Richmond-based Abilene provides customized
truckload and volume LTL services over medium
hauls.
Brink's
Incorporated
The Brink's Company is a holding company for the Dallas,
Tex.-based Brinks armored car and secure
logistics subsidiary.
Celadon
Group
Celadon, an
Indianapolis,
Ind.,
trucking company, has maintained a terminal in
the Greater Richmond region since acquiring Highway Express,
founded late in life by legendary Richmond
trucker Harwood Cochrane. Celadon provides
time-sensitive cargo shipments between NAFTA
countries.
Cockrell
Distribution Systems
Cockrell
Distribution, based in Richmond, offers a complete distribution system including logistic
services, warehousing, transportation, space
leasing, contract services, in-plant services,
pick-n-pack, assembly operation, and special
requests.
Courier
Services Inc.
CSI,
headquartered in Richmond, provides on-demand
delivery and warehousing services.
Cox
Distribution Services
Cox
Transportation Services, Inc. is a long haul,
general commodities, truckload carrier
operating out of its Ashland headquarters, offering time-sensitive
double team motor carrier services throughout
the USA
and parts of Canada.
Cox
Truck Brokerage, Inc.
Sister
company to Cox Distribution Services, Cox
Truck Brokerage is a third-party logistics
company serving the needs of shippers and
receivers across the country.
CSX
Corp.
CSX
rail lines run from
the
Greater Richmond
region
in four directions. The railroad also
maintains a major rail yard at the Acca
yard.
DSC
Logistics
and Supply Chain Management
Des Plaines, Ill.-based DSC Logistics,
which maintains a presence in the Greater
Richmond region, provides knowledge-based
supply chain management skills integrated with
traditional logistics capabilities.
Eimskip
Eimskip,
an Icelandic steamship line, provides regular
service to the Port of Richmond.
CEVA
Logistics
Netherlands-based
CEVA, the world's fourth largest integrated
logistics provider, maintains
a presence in Richmond International Airport.
Estes
Air Transportation Services
This
subsidiary of Estes Express Lines provides
same-day/next-day delivery, air charter
services and international deliveries.
Estes
Express Lines
This
Richmond-based less-than-truckload trucking
company provides a full spectrum
of shipping and supply chain management
services to virtually any shipping destination
in the world.
Federal
Express
FedEx maintains a regional hub distribution center in the
Greater Richmond
region.
Federal
Marine Terminals
FMT
Richmond maintains 300,000 square feet of
warehouse space and 39 acres of open storage,
and accommodates ships up to 559 feet in
length and 22 feet in draft.
Freight
Savers Express
Freight
Savers, a DHL partner, provides access to
discounted overnight shipping rates to
Richmond area companies.
Frischkorn
Inc.
Frischkorn
Inc., is a Richmond-based distributor of
industrial pipe, fittings, valves and
controls.
Heartland
Express
Heartland
Express, of
Coralville,
Iowa,
has maintained a major presence in Chester
since the acquisition of Great Coastal
Express, a local family-run firm for more than
50 years, in 2002.
Independent
Container Line
German-owned,
Richmond-based ICL provides international
container transportation between Northern
Europe and the East Coast of the United
States.
International
Freight Forwarders
Atlanta-based
IFF Inc. maintains a freight-forwarding office
in Richmond.
Jacobson
Companies
Jacobson,
headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, provides
third-party logistics and warehousing
services, including for DuPont’s
800,000-square-foot logistics center in
Richmond.
"K"
Line America, Inc.
Headquartered
in Richmond, "K" Line America, Inc.
is the arm of the Japanese intermodal
transportation trading company, serving 27
offices throughout the United States and
Canada.
Kloke
Group
The
Kloke Group, of Richmond, provides residential and commercial moving and storage
services.
Menlo
Logistics
Menlo Logistics, of Redwood City, Calif., which integrates
all supply chain functions from raw-material
sourcing through distribution of finished
goods, is the turn-key logistics consultant
and operator for Hewlett-Packard.
Navis
Pack & Ship Center - Richmond
Navis
provides packaging and shipping services for
difficult-to-ship items. This Sandston-based
business prepares shipments for
transportation, including crating to ISPM 15
standards.
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk
Southern serves the Greater Richmond market, which sits astride the
Roanoke-to-Norfolk
rail line.
Port
of Richmond
The
Port
of
Richmond
is a domestic and international multi-modal
freight and distribution center on the James
River
serving waterborne, rail and truck shippers
throughout the mid-Atlantic states.
Richmond
Cold Storage
Richmond Cold Storage
operates 12 warehouse complexes in the
Mid-Atlantic, specializing in cold storage,
dry storage, refrigerated warehousing, public
refrigerated warehousing, distribution and
logistics services and storage management.
Read
"Logistics" profile.
Richmond
International
Airport
In 2004, Richmond
International
Airport
handled over 114 million pounds of cargo.
Cargo services offered at
Richmond
International
Airport
include over 100,000 square feet of
warehouse/office space and one million of
apron space. (The entire airport is designated
a Foreign
Trade Zone.)
Riverside
Logistics
Riverside Logistics, based in Midlothian,
provides outsourced management and consulting
in logistics, transportation, distribution and
warehouse functions to clients large and
small.
Read
"Logistics" profile.
Roberts
Oxygen
Roberts Oxygen, based in
Gaithersburg, Md.,
distributes compressed industrial, medical and
specialty gases, cryogenic gases and
equipment, welding equipment and supplies in
six Mid-Atlantic
states. It maintains a retail store and distribution
center in Richmond.
Ryder
Logistics and Transportation
Ryder’s
Supply Chain Management Solutions include Lead
Logistics Management, Solutions Engineering
and Transportation Consulting. The company
maintains a 125,000-square-foot third-party
logistics and distribution center in Richmond.
United
Parcel Service
UPS maintains a regional hub distribution center in the Richmond
region.
UPS
Freight
UPS-Freight, the nation's largest less-than-truckload
carrier, is a
Richmond-based subsidiary of United Parcel
Service. With nearly 13,000 employees and 171
service centers, the company serves 45,000
cities and towns in the United
States, Canada, Mexico,
Guam,
the U.S. Virgin Islands and
Puerto Rico.
Health Care Logistics
Agility
Healthcare Solutions
Agility
Healthcare Solutions, a Glen Allen-based
subsidiary of TrenStar, Inc., has created the
largest RFID-enabled mobile asset management
program in the
U.S.
healthcare industry, revolutionizing the way
healthcare facilities track, manage, measure
and improve utilization of resources.
CPAP
Supply USA
CPAP Supply USA distributes masks and other
sleep apnea equipment to retail and wholesale
customers.
Home
Care Delivered
Homecare
Delivered, based in Glen Allen, is a
home-delivery service for home healthcare
products
McKesson
Medical-Surgical
McKesson
Medical-Surgical, a Richmond-based division of
McKesson, delivers healthcare products and
equipment and services to the alternate site
market, including physician offices, surgery
centers, long-term care facilities and
home care businesses.
Owens
& Minor
Richmond-headquartered
Owens & Minor is the nation’s largest
distributor of national brand name
medical/surgical supplies to hospitals and
integrated healthcare systems.
Read
"Logistics" profile
Physician
Sales & Service
Jacksonville-based
PSS, the country's largest provider of medical
supplies to the physician market, maintains a
service and distribution center in
Chesterfield County.
Global Supply
Chains
Several
companies in the
Richmond
region maintain global supply chains that present
formidable logistical challenges and require
extensive logistical expertise.
Albemarle
Corporation
Albemarle
Corporation, headquartered in
Richmond,
manufacturers specialty chemicals for uses
ranging from agriculture to pharmaceuticals,
fire retardants to petroleum refining. It
operates manufacturing plants and distribution
facilities in
North
America, South
America,
Europe
and Asia.
Circuit
City Stores
As
the second-largest consumer electronics
retailer in the
United
States,
Circuit
City
sources billions of dollars of computers,
televisions, cell phones and other electronic
products from around the world.
DuPont
DuPont,
which manufactures high-performance polymers
such as Kevlar and Nomex, serves multiple industries in global markets from its Spruance
plant in Richmond.
Hamilton
Beach/Proctor-Silex
Hamilton
Beach,
a leading manufacturer of small kitchen
appliances, sources its product globally,
distributes throughout
North America,
and is expanding into other overseas markets.
Honeywell
Honeywell,
which manufactures the high-strength Spectra
fiber in Chesterfield
County,
serves multiple industries in global markets.
NewMarket
New
Market, which manufactures lubricant and fuel
additives through its Afton
and Ethyl subsidiaries, serves global markets
and maintains operations in Richmond,
Virginia; Houston,
Texas; Sarnia,
Ontario, Canada;
Brussels, Belgium;
and Dordrecht, Holland.
Performance
Food Group
Performance Food Group (PFG) is one of the nation's largest
foodservice distributors, delivering more than
65,000 foodservice items to approximately
44,000 customers from every kind of eatery
coast to coast.
Philip
Morris
USA
Philip
Morris USA distributes its cigarettes to
markets around the globe.
Tredegar
Tredegar
Corporation’s film and aluminum-extrusion
divisions operate manufacturing operations in
the U.S., Canada, Brazil,
Europe
and China and distributes its products to markets around
the world.
Universal
Leaf
Universal
Leaf, through its subsidiaries and affiliates,
is the world's leading tobacco merchant and
processor as well as a leading lumber and
building products distributor in
Europe.
Military Logistics
Fort
Lee
The
focal point for Army Logistics,
Fort Lee
is home to the Combined Arms Support Command,
Army
Logistics
Management
College,
Quartermaster
Center
and School, Defense Commissary Agency, and
U.S. Army Garrison. The facility is home to
3,200 military personnel. On any given day
between 3,000 and 4,200 personnel are trained
there.
Read
"Logistics" profile
Defense Supply Center Richmond
DSCR
is the aviation supply and demand chain
manager for the Defense Logistics Agency and
serves as the primary source of supply for
more than 1.2 million repair parts and
operating supply items within the Department
of Defense. DSCR provides best value
aviation weapon systems and environmental
logistics support to America’s armed forces.
DSCR
handles 5.3 million requisitions and supports
24,500 customers per year, with annual sales
exceeding $3.6 billion. DSCR serves as
the single “touch point” for DLA’s
aviation customers and tailors logistical
solutions and initiatives that meet the needs
of the nation’s war fighters.
Defense
Distribution Depot
Richmond
DDRV provides distribution services to the armed
services as well as NASA and the Foreign
Military Sales Program. Numerous commodities
are stored in several million
square feet of uncovered and covered storage
areas.
Vendors
Advanous
Advanous,
a division of Richmond-based EnterBridge
Technologies, Inc.. helps distributors
generate higher profits through more effective
margin and pricing management practices.
See
"Logistics" profile.
AFMS
Portland,
Ore.-based AFMS is a logistics consulting
firm, maintains its Southeast/Mid-Atlantic
regional office in Richmond.
Blueprint
Automation
Blueprint
Automation, a Dutch firm with a plant in
Chesterfield County, specializes in secondary packaging
solutions for flexible and other
tough-to-handle packages: turnkey systems for
applications that involve the loading of
flexible bags and hard-to-handle packages into
secondary containers such as cases, trays,
cartons, crates and master bags.
CapTech
Ventures
CapTech
Ventures has developed tracking software and,
with Richmond Cold Storage, has set up a RFID
lab where business can test tracking
technology and standards.
Read
"Logistics" profile.
F.
Curtis Barry & Company
Richmond-based
F. Curtis Barry provides a range of consulting
services to the multichannel (catalog,
e-commerce, and retail) industry.
Read
"Logistics" profile.
Flexicell
Ashland-based
Flexicell designs and manufactures robotic
material-handling systems for packaging,
palletizing and other needs, serving the food,
beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare and
durable goods industries.
GD
Package Machinery
GD
Packaging Machinery, the Richmond-based
subsidiary of G.D. SpA of Bologna,
Italy,
provides automated packing machines and
integrated packaging systems for the tobacco,
candy, soap and liquid filling segments of the
packing market.
GetLoaded.com
Getloaded.com,
headquartered in Midlothian, maintains an
online marketplace where truckers can find
freight for long hauls.
Grubb
& Ellis/Harrison & Bates
The
Richmond-affiliate office of Grubb & Ellis, a
national commercial real estate firm, provides
specialized transaction and consulting services to the "global
logistics" sector.
Harris
Williams & Co.
Harris
Williams & Co., an investment banking firm
serving mid-cap companies, operates a
Transportation & Logistics Group.
IFCO
Systems North America
Houston-based
IFCO Systems North America maintains a
pallet-recycling operation in Henrico County.
Joint
Logistics Managers Inc.
Joint Logistics, based in
Prince
George
County
provides logistics services including
requirements definition, planning, modeling,
simulation, implementation, documentation of
logistics processes, system training and Help
Desk.
Jungheinrich
Lift Truck Corp. USA
Jungheinrich
Lift Truck Corp., USA, a subsidiary of the
Jungheinrich Group in Hamburg, Germany,
maintains its U.S. headquarters in Richmond.
Logistics
Management Resources, Inc.
LMR,
based in Prince George County, provides
logistics management and IT support services
to military organizations and commercial
businesses.
PeakLogix
Richmond-based
PeakLogix provides equipment solutions, design
and engineering, project management and
technology integration for warehouse or
distribution centers.
ProLogistix
ProLogistix,
a national logistics staffing company,
maintains a branch office in Richmond.
Rockwell
Automation
Rockwell
Automation provides power, control and
information solutions, bringing together
leading brands in industrial automation with
factory management software.
Shippers
Commonwealth
Shippers,
based in Midlothian, implements transportation
management systems.
Spec
Ops Inc.
Spec Ops Inc.,
an Ashland firm, provides equipment to
rapidly set up tactical operations centers
for military, defense and emergency groups.
Read
"Logistics" Profile
Spherion
Spherion,
a national staffing and recruiting company
serving the logistics sector, maintains an
office in Richmond.
Synergy
Systems Inc.
Synergy
Systems, based in Richmond, uses software to
help distributors and retailers solve
scheduling, staffing and communications
conflicts.
xpedx
xpedx, an International Paper company, is a
distributor of printing paper, packaging
supplies and equipment, facility supplies
and graphic imaging prepress equipment and
supplies.
Education/Training
University
of Richmond
The university offers specialized logistics classes
including logistics management, information
systems and operations management. The school
will customize classes to suit the specific
needs of a firm.
J.
Sargeant Reynolds,
John Tyler
Community College
Both
colleges offer classes in supply chain
management and inventory and production
control in conjunction with the APICS – the
Association for Operations Management.
The
Community College Workforce Alliance Truck
Driver Training offers 16 continuing education
units for DMV CDL certification. The
colleges also
provide customized training programs for
individual companies
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