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Serving the warehouse industry from Virginia to Florida to Louisiana. Education, information, community. A PUBLICATION OF Matt Walker (right) and James Brewer teach Will Storit the ropes. Will is sporting a Shippers Warehouse of Georgia cap. Debbie Morris, Customer Service/Quality Control Manager spends some time with Will going over what it takes to make the Customer happy. Roy Barbee celebrated his 40th company anniversary and Will Storit was right there to share in the moment. Will Storit stands up for our Quality Statement, “Satisfy our customers by understanding what they want and need, deliver it on time, and continually improve our process and services.” P.O. Box 898, Madison, GA 30650 • (706) 431-6025 • [email protected] • www.swaonline.org March 2011 (continues on next page) Will Storit meets Georgia’s Ex-Gov Sonny Perdue and Shippers Warehouse team at 2010 HB 451 signing. Will Storit helps to welcome Fred Nuss, Suzuki Executive from California (center) along with Ken Johnson (left) CEO/President of Shippers Warehouse and Roy Miller, Shippers Warehouse Vice President Client Services. Will Storit reviews the information at the Employee Information Center. It is a must that he is well informed while at Shippers. Annette Starkes gets Will up to speed on what is going on at Shippers! Will has been working hard on the Suzuki account. Shippers Warehouse of GA Welcomes Will Storit

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Best Regards, Bill Stankiewicz Vice President and General Manager Shippers Warehouse of Georgia Office: 678-364-3475 [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/billstankiewicz2006http://www.slideshare.net/BillStankiewiczHave you seen our recent ad in the Inbound Logistics Magazine? Shippers is the premiere third-party logistics and distribution provider in the greater Southwest! We welcome your business!

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Serving the warehouse industry from Virginia to Florida to Louisiana. Education, information, community.

A P U B L I C A T I O N O F

Matt Walker (right) and James Brewer teach Will Storit the ropes.

Will is sporting a Shippers Warehouse of Georgia cap.

Debbie Morris, Customer Service/Quality Control Manager spends some time

with Will going over what it takes to make the Customer happy.

Roy Barbee celebrated his 40th company anniversary and Will Storit was right there to share in the moment.

Will Storit stands up for our Quality Statement, “Satisfy our customers by understanding what they want and need, deliver it on time, and continually improve our process and services.”

P.O. Box 898, Madison, GA 30650 • (706) 431-6025 • [email protected] • www.swaonline.org March 2011

(continues on next page)

Will Storit meets Georgia’s Ex-Gov Sonny Perdue and Shippers Warehouse team at 2010 HB 451 signing.

Will Storit helps to welcome Fred Nuss, Suzuki Executive

from California (center) along with Ken Johnson (left) CEO/President of Shippers Warehouse and Roy Miller, Shippers Warehouse Vice President Client Services.

Will Storit reviews the information at the Employee Information Center. It is a must that he is well informed while at Shippers.

Annette Starkes gets Will up to speed on what is going on at Shippers!

Will has been working hard on the Suzuki account.

Shippers Warehouse of GA Welcomes Will Storit

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Will Storit helps June Watkins pull an order.

Will Storit is very busy with our In the Swim Account. Summer will be here before you know it and these items need to be shipped! Will is on top of it.

BEFORE SWAT

Shippers is a part of the Clayton County Clean and Beautiful Program where we keep our road free of debris. Our VP/GM, Bill Stankiewicz, had our

management team dress up as convicts for this photo. We tried to get Will a convict suit too but could not find one his size.

AFTER SWAT

Clayton County Swat Team paid a visit to Shippers after hearing about our team of convicts! Will Storit was made an honorary member of the Swat Team.

Will Storit is trained in advertising and marketing for Shippers. He should make a great Sales Person.

Shannon Davis teaches Will how to properly pack a box for shipping.

Will is up for Forklift Training. He was told to be sure to put on his seatbelt before he takes off.

Randall Ricketson and Annette Starkes sit on a Suzuki Motorcycle while Toney Favors and Will Storit wait for their ride.

Will Storit stands on the packaging line with his orange vest and hair net. He will be packing chips as

fast as the rest of the crew before you know it! Pictured with Will Storit are Ivelis Matias, Suzette Moreno, Sheila Dominick, Edralina Evangelista, and Somphone Phosai.

Our Packaging employees are holding signs about Motorcycle Safety while Will Storit observes from the

conveyor belt. Even though the Motorcycle account is on the opposite end of the building, the Packaging account shows that we are all one big “Team” when it comes to Safety.

Will Storit gets special care from our Packaging Team. They will have him producing finished product as fast as they do in no time.

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Will Storit is inspecting these chips to make sure they are all packed properly.

Now Will is working on another production line. He is getting faster and his accuracy is good. His co-workers are having a good time training him!

Now Will Storit is leading his co-workers! He is number one!

Our Transportation Dept. employees Alicia Bryant (2nd in front row) and Annie Smith (2nd on back row) pictured along with our Accounting

Administrator Ionie Farquharson (3rd on back row), Cheryl Jackson, our Admin Asst (1st on front row) and last but not least, our VP/GM Bill Stankiewicz (1st on back row) teach Will Storeit about chocking those truck wheels!

2397 Huntcrest Way, Ste 100 • Lawrenceville, GA 30043

770-242-0519 • Toll Free: 800-964-4949Fax: 770-368-9158 • Email: [email protected]

The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is closely monitoring the activities surround-ing the earthquake in Japan and resulting tsunami threats and working with volunteer and emergency management agencies to determine how to best aid their response efforts. Following this email is a note re-ceived from Dan Stoneking, FEMA Director of Private Sector Office of External Affairs which includes a statement from FEMA Administrator Fugate.

Should th is event c rea te significant relief needs ALAN will:

· Post relief agency needs on the web portal (www.alanaid.org).

· Sponsor calls for interested parties to provide updates on relief efforts and needs.

· Post information about relief efforts and sources of infor-mation on the ALAN website.

· In the days following an event interest is high however information as to specific needs may take several days to a week to emerge as gaps come into focus.

Thank you for your continued support.

KathyKathy FultonDirector of Operations

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Just returned from St. Peters-burg, FL having attended IWLA’s annual meeting! There was value offered and, like any event of that type, the benefit derived equates to the effort extended! It was good to meet and greet fellow SWA members who participated and enjoy a casual dinner with most on that Monday evening at the Columbia Restaurant on

the St. Pete Pier. Of particular enjoyment for me was the opportunity to visit and re-connect with many long time in-dustry friends — going through Joel’s reception line opening night was almost like attending a “college reunion”! Almost! I think it’s important to know that SWA members are active in the leadership of IWLA; Gary Mayfield’s term just ended as Chairman, Paul Verst, Rob Doyle & Chip Scholz are on their BOD and Frank Anderson was newly elected to the board for a three year term. A fun and pleasant couple of days! And, yes, I still like the way we do things at our annual meetings and continue to be proud of our organization.

New member recruiting has been at the top of my list this past month and with positive results; we have received commitments from four ware-house companies: Triad Warehouse Solutions – Kern-ersville, NC (Rob Treadway); Sunland Distribu-tion – Greenville, SC (Arch Thomason); Barrett Dis-tribution – Memphis, TN (Arthur Barrett) and Derby Industries – Louisville, KY (Diana Herold). The administrative details are being handled now and we look forward to introducing them to you all in September. An interesting group of warehouse businesses!

We have three potential associates working too – HB Ret-rofit, LLC; Alliance Energy Solutions and Dematic Corp. More

details from them later.

You will note that we have several short reports in the State Directors Corner which pleases me. I con-

tinue to believe that we should include as much news as we can about what’s happening in our region about business as well as the individual members! Easy

to say, kind of hard to get it done when you rely on others for input — so thanks John, Stan, Brian, Devon, Chad, Tom and Van for stepping up. I realize that squeezing in a task like this can be difficult when times are busy and it seems they are! It doesn’t always have to be the State Directors who report; I’m sure there is a lot more to be shared “out there” and ask that you try and remember to provide it to us as the months move along.

The theme for this year’s annual convention is “Moving Forward, Giving Back” – interesting and appropriate. George Davis is busy developing the business program to tie back to this theme; Bill & Lauren Crow have already met with the King & Prince to start the ball rolling on the social agenda. Buster Franklin will manage this year’s SWA golf tournament which will be held on the King & Prince course which by all reports is a very nice one! Buster is interested in receiving feedback on a preferred format for that event — so golfers, please let me have your opinion. Remember, September 8-10, 2011; you can make your room reservations now; phone Reservations 1-800-342-1212 and reference the SWA Group, or on-line contact www.kingandprince.com; click Group Reservations; the needed Password SWA11 (case sensitive).

I’ll be spending St. Patrick’s Day recuperating from knee replacement procedure #2 that is scheduled to be done on March 16th; it will be great to have two legs that can perform normally again. If all goes well, as the first one did, I’ll be out and around after several days and at full speed by the June Board Meeting. In the meantime Kathy, with some help from Karin, will be keeping an eye on the office.

Be well, be careful and keep in touch,

Dean

SWA 66th Annual Convention

“Moving Forward, Giving Back”The King and Prince Beach & Golf Resort

St. Simons Island, Georgia

September 8-10, 2011

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S COLUMN

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Webe visits Hackbarth Delivery, Mobile, ALWebe had a fabulous time in Mobile. (He might have had a little too much fun at Mardi Gras, though! All work and no play would make Webe a very dull boy.)

Here is his story: We nick named him “Webe Deliverin”.

He started out working with our Customer Service Center in Mobile, which operates 24/7/365, where he answered calls and monitored live video feeds coming in from our other

locations. He was in charge of making sure the unload and sort process was followed and completed in our New Orleans, Atlanta,

Jacksonville, and Birmingham terminals.

Next he was tasked with monitoring our line hauls that run 6 nights a week all over the southeast, and began looking for freight to add to these lanes since we have capacity on most. He had some really good suggestions, like “to call your friends at SWA, and find out where they may need to ship, offer them discounted rates, and fill up your trucks, since you are running the routes anyway.” Pretty smart fella, that Webe.

So he studied the map and decided, that to really

understand what the line haul drivers do, he needed to get out in the field so he rode to our 40,000 sf Jackson, MS terminal on the line haul that night where he picked up product to return to Mobile for delivery the next morning. As part of his training, he learned how to

hook the trailer up to the tractor, but he said he liked driving the “big rig” as he called it, better than hooking it up. He helped with breaking down the pallets and sorting to routes the totes

for delivery and completed the OS&D and receiver scan process. He was a quick learner!

His next assignment was to learn how to work the Critical Parts segment of our business. This involved getting him security clearance to go

inside the cage, which he had no problem getting. So he learned how to do a cycle count, pull a part, log it out of inventory and then dispatch it to the

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HACKBARTH DELIVERY SERVICE INC.Small parcel, local cartage, interstate, warehousing

3504 Brookdale Dr. N • Mobile, AL 36608Ph: 251-478-1401 • Fax: 251-479-9900

Kelly Picard, VP-Sales [email protected]

www.hackbarthdelivery.com

 Background: On May 9th & 10th  the State of Georgia will hold  its Third Annual Georgia  Logistics Summit hosted by  the Center of Innovation for Logistics.  In just three short years, the Summit has become a truly unique and highly anticipated event.  The Summit has doubled in size every year to last year’s total of 950 participants from 12 states, and most importantly 85% came from private industry.  All indications are for this to continue and the 2011 Summit to attract more than 1,500 from all over the World.   

Themed  as  “Thriving  in  a  Changing  Ecosystem”  the  2011  Summit will  examine  logistics  business  opportunities  and requirements across a set of six markets:  Agribusiness, Air Freight, Energy, Life‐sciences, Manufacturing, and Ocean Freight.  Again, this year’s Summit is all about identifying, exploring and understanding ways the ecosystem is changing, specifically how to take advantage, and thrive!   

Where and When: 2011 Pre‐Summit Networking Event 

May 9, 2011 – 5:30pm to 8:00pm Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Atlanta, GA 

2011 Georgia Logistics Summit May 10, 2011 – 8:00am to 4:00pm Cobb Galleria Centre – Atlanta, GA 

Preliminary Agenda:   

2011 Pre‐Summit Networking Event Monday, May 9th – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 

5:30 – 8:00pm          Networking Event  Registration includes: 2 complimentary drink tickets, Hors d'oeuvres, and optional cash bar  2011 Georgia Logistics Scholarship Presentation  2011 Georgia Logistics Leadership and Community Contribution Award  

2011 Georgia Logistics Summit Agenda Tuesday, May 10th – Cobb Galleria Centre 

7:30 – 8:30  Registration and solution provider booths open (breakfast buffet to carry into 8:30 session) 8:30 – 9:30  Welcome and Keynote Speaker (Governor Nathan Deal, Congressman John Mica ‐ invited) 9:30 – 9:45  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 9:45 – 11:15  Opportunity Session #1 (running concurrently) 

‐ Agribusiness, Life Sciences, Air Freight 11:15 – 11:30  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 11:30 – 1:15  Technology & Innovation across the Logistics Ecosystem (lunch w/ keynote) 1:15 – 1:30  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 1:30 – 3:00  Opportunity Session #2 (running concurrently) 

‐ Energy, Manufacturing, Ocean Freight 3:00 – 4:00  Closing w/keynote (state of the industry, economy and outlook focused)   

LEARN MORE & REGISTER ONLINE: SUMMIT.GEORGIALOGISTICS.ORG 

 Background: On May 9th & 10th  the State of Georgia will hold  its Third Annual Georgia  Logistics Summit hosted by  the Center of Innovation for Logistics.  In just three short years, the Summit has become a truly unique and highly anticipated event.  The Summit has doubled in size every year to last year’s total of 950 participants from 12 states, and most importantly 85% came from private industry.  All indications are for this to continue and the 2011 Summit to attract more than 1,500 from all over the World.   

Themed  as  “Thriving  in  a  Changing  Ecosystem”  the  2011  Summit will  examine  logistics  business  opportunities  and requirements across a set of six markets:  Agribusiness, Air Freight, Energy, Life‐sciences, Manufacturing, and Ocean Freight.  Again, this year’s Summit is all about identifying, exploring and understanding ways the ecosystem is changing, specifically how to take advantage, and thrive!   

Where and When: 2011 Pre‐Summit Networking Event 

May 9, 2011 – 5:30pm to 8:00pm Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Atlanta, GA 

2011 Georgia Logistics Summit May 10, 2011 – 8:00am to 4:00pm Cobb Galleria Centre – Atlanta, GA 

Preliminary Agenda:   

2011 Pre‐Summit Networking Event Monday, May 9th – Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre 

5:30 – 8:00pm          Networking Event  Registration includes: 2 complimentary drink tickets, Hors d'oeuvres, and optional cash bar  2011 Georgia Logistics Scholarship Presentation  2011 Georgia Logistics Leadership and Community Contribution Award  

2011 Georgia Logistics Summit Agenda Tuesday, May 10th – Cobb Galleria Centre 

7:30 – 8:30  Registration and solution provider booths open (breakfast buffet to carry into 8:30 session) 8:30 – 9:30  Welcome and Keynote Speaker (Governor Nathan Deal, Congressman John Mica ‐ invited) 9:30 – 9:45  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 9:45 – 11:15  Opportunity Session #1 (running concurrently) 

‐ Agribusiness, Life Sciences, Air Freight 11:15 – 11:30  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 11:30 – 1:15  Technology & Innovation across the Logistics Ecosystem (lunch w/ keynote) 1:15 – 1:30  Networking Break and Visit Solution Provider Booths 1:30 – 3:00  Opportunity Session #2 (running concurrently) 

‐ Energy, Manufacturing, Ocean Freight 3:00 – 4:00  Closing w/keynote (state of the industry, economy and outlook focused)   

LEARN MORE & REGISTER ONLINE: SUMMIT.GEORGIALOGISTICS.ORG 

Background:On May 9th & 10th the State of Georgia will hold its Third

Annual Georgia Logistics Summit hosted by the Center of Innovation for Logistics. In just three short years, the Sum-mit has become a truly unique and highly anticipated event.

The Summit has doubled in size every year to last year’s total of 950 participants from 12 states, and most importantly 85% came from private industry. All indications are for this to continue and the 2011 Summit to attract more than 1,500 from all over the World.

Themed as “Thriving in a Changing Ecosystem” the 2011 Summit will examine logistics business opportunities and requirements across a set of six markets: Agribusi-ness, Air Freight, Energy, Life‐sciences, Manufacturing, and Ocean Freight. Again, this year’s Summit is all about identifying, exploring and understanding ways the ecosystem is changing, specifically how to take advantage, and thrive!

Where and When:2011 Pre‐Summit Networking Event

May 9, 2011 – 5:30pm to 8:00pmCobb Energy Performing Arts Centre – Atlanta, GA

2011 Georgia Logistics SummitMay 10, 2011 – 8:00am to 4:00pmCobb Galleria Centre – Atlanta, GA

correct driver who then takes it to the on-site tech for our client. This was a fairly lengthy process so he stayed on this for a few days before he moved on to the courier part of our business.

He said being a driver was the most fun! He made deliveries for some of our medical clients and the customers loved him. In fact, he won our KYSO Courier of the month award. KYSO is our trademarked name for our service. It stands for Knock Your Socks Off service and it is what our company is founded on. It means taking care of our customer’s customer, and doing so with a cheerful attitude. Our team agreed that Webe exemplified this so he won for the month of February.

After all of this hard work, we thought Webe needed some fun, so we took him down to Mardi Gras and the parades. Webe learned that Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, AL and that it has been going on in one form or another for over 300 years in our city. He spent time with Rob Hackbarth the owner, caught some beads with Philip Picard and ate a moonpie Caroline helped him catch (peanut butter was his favorite)! See pics of webe at Mardi Gras.

Webe is going to miss Mobile and Hackbarth is going to miss Webe but he has to continue on his journey to the next location! Stay tuned for updates of his travel adventures around the best place on earth, the southeastern United States….

KellyPickardHackbarth Delivery

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NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE HOMEFRONT

The month of March brings a favorite holiday for this descendent of Irish grand-parents – thus I wish all of you “Top O’ the mornin!” Since Dean will be having his second knee replace-ment surgery on Wednesday, the 16th, our traditional Irish feast of corned beef and cabbage may be postponed a day or two depending on the length of his hospital stay. It will, however, taste just as good on the 19th or 20th!

Last weekend found us – along with a number of SWA members and associates in St. Petersburg, FL for the annual IWLA Convention. The weather cooperated beautifully – mid to upper 70’s and lots of sunshine! A pure delight after the extreme cold and snow that this winter brought. Some IWLA members from the northern part of the country were particu-larly grateful for the brief respite the meeting afforded – they are still in the grip of winter!

A number of our attending members gathered for a group dinner on Monday evening – great food and great fellowship! Unfortunately Scott McWilliams’ plans to attend were changed at the last minute by a recurrence of the cancer that Elaine has battled for so many years. (This episode has taken the form of tumors on her brain.) All who have known Elaine over the years have been awed by her courage and great faith as she has successfully conquered one siege after another. Please keep her, Scott and their two sons in your thoughts and prayers as they face this next challenge.” Heroism” has been sometimes been defined as “doing what has to be done!” Elaine truly qualifies as a heroine!

The Irish consider St. Patrick a hero for (as legend has it) driving the snakes from Ireland – there has been debate as to whether the “snakes” were actually serpents, or humans in the form of “heathens!” In any case the legend has remained

and become the basis for a day of celebration for all – not only the Irish! Here in Georgia we have

several towns with Irish names due to the large number of Irish who immigrated

here. We also have one of the larger St. Patrick’s Day Parades

and celebrations in the country here in the city of Savannah. Tradition-ally, the Irish are known to love a good

party and a good joke and are happy to share both with others! In that vein I

offer some “Paraprosdokian” sentences: these are figures of speech in which the latter part of the sentence or phrase is surprising in an unexpected way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part.

. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

. War does not determine who is right — only who is left.

. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

. Evening news is where they begin with “Good eve-ning” and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.

. Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a para-

chute to skydive twice.

. Hospitality: making your guests feel like they are at home, even if you wish they were.

. Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they leave.

And now as I leave (until next month) I offer this Irish bless-ing:

May the road rise to meet you.May the wind be always at your back.May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rain fall soft upon your fields.And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand.

[email protected]

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STATE DIRECTORS’ REPORTSAlabama:

Turner and I had great visits with the Meador’s at Meador Warehousing & Distribu-tion, Inc. and the Taul’s at Merchants Transfer Co last month in Mobile. While there we also had a great visit at the Port of Mobile and the Mobile Container Terminal. It was pretty amazing to us the technology involved with the container ter-minal and how fast (less than 30 minute average) the truckers are loaded with containers using very few people. We also visited and ate lunch with Paul Hodges at Hodges Warehouse & Logistics in Montgomery and Bill Crow at Shaw Warehouse Company and Perry Towns with Diversified Contractors, Inc. in Birmingham. While out seeing these SWA members we also met with some state economic development agencies and I would say overall business activity is improving some in Alabama; however we could all use some additional volume. I plan on contacting Doc’s Transfer & Warehouse, Inc. and Gadsden Warehousing, Inc. in March.

StanJonesAlabama State Director

Kentucky:Kentucky SWA members are report-

ing a start to what they perceive to be a slow recovery. Manufac-turing in the state is starting to increase. Logistics opportunities are following this trend with new opportunities for members to bid on. Automotive, distilled spirits, consumer goods and health care are the industry seg-ments that are seeing growth so far this year for members. Unemployment is still a challenge in the state with a reported rate still close to 10% and continues to be a drag on growth. Kentucky has had a difficult winter and everyone is looking forward to a nice spring to bring new opportunities for growth.

BrianJohnsonKentucky State Director

Virginia:Clark Cockrell reports continued vacancy in the Richmond

market and describes it as “tough”. We, here at InterChange, have seen an uptick in business in both of our markets – Harrisonburg and Front Royal. Considerable amounts of vacant space still exist in Hampton Roads and Newport News.

I recently visited the new APM Terminal now operated by the Virginia Port Authority and it is reported to be running at 65%, up from 20% when Maersk was operating the terminal. It is a state-of-the-art facility with automated container loading and unloading. It was constructed by Maersk in 2007 but was leased to the VA Port Authority for 20 years in August 2010. While I was there an 8000+ TEU Maersk ship docked. It was completely full of (MSC) Mediterranean Shipping Company’s containers!

I hope this gives you a bit of a snapshot from Virginia!

DevonAndersVirginia State Director

South Carolina:Swafford Transport and Warehouse

hit the ground running with the start of the 2011 year laying the ground work for exciting new opportunities. Swafford has expanded their role as a 3PL to include inspec-tion and repacking of parts for BMW suppliers. As a part of the development, Swafford was granted Foreign Trade Zone status and will be activated by midyear. Located in Greer, SC the FTZ status for Swafford Transport & Warehouse will open many opportunities to surrounding businesses both on the local level and the global level.

VanSwaffordSC State Director

Tennessee:Things here in Memphis

are hopping. We have two large corporations moving to town soon which has created some local excitement as well as the potential for a couple thousand jobs. Electrolux announced they are coming to Memphis and building a plant to produce their kitchen ovens. It’s expected to employ ap-proximately 1200 people. Much of the reason for Electrolux’ choosing Memphis was due to an experienced and available workforce. Memphis will also be home to Mitsubishi Electric’s largest U.S. investment, a $207.7 million factory making 400-ton, boxcar-sized electrical transformers. They chose Memphis over Houston and plan to have approximately 275 employees working by the end of 2012.

JohnOzierTennessee State Director

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Artex Risk Solutions, Inc.

Two Pierce Pl. • Itasca, IL 60143

630.694.5050

Michael Lopeman

[email protected]

www.artexrisk.com

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident COLLINPEEL Camrett Logistics P.O.Box410 Wytheville,VA24382 (276)625-8103 [email protected]. ROBERTBALDRIDGE Wilson Warehouse Co., Inc. P.O.Box748 BatonRouge,LA70821 (225)382-5269 [email protected]. GEORGEW.DAVISIII Davis Storage and Warehouse, Inc. 541BridgeStreet Danville,VA24541 (434)793-7721 [email protected]./Treasurer BRUCETRANTHAM Tranco Logistics, LLC P.O.Box71725 Chattanooga,TN37407-6725 (423)822-1000 [email protected]& FRANKANDERSONPres.Council RBW Logistics Corp.Chairman P.O.Box10027 (706)724-0106 [email protected] DEANMATHESON SWA P.O.Box898 Madison,GA30650 (706)431-6025 [email protected]

STATE DIRECTORSAlabama STANJONES Dothan Warehouse P.O.Box222 Dothan,AL36302 (334)793-6003 [email protected] TOMPATTERSON Saddle Creek Corp. 3010SaddleCreekRoad Lakeland,FL33801 (863)668-4445 [email protected] CHADBARROW CLG Inc. P.O.Box7707 Savannah,GA31418 (912)964-0707 [email protected] BRIANJOHNSON Advance Distribution Services, Inc. 2349MillersLane Louisville,KY40216 (502)449-1720 [email protected] ROBERTBALDRIDGEand Wilson Warehouse Co., Inc. Mississippi P.O.Box748 BatonRouge,LA70821 (225)382-5269 [email protected] TOMMIRALIA Distribution Technology P.O.Box7123 Charlotte,NC28241 (704)587-5587 [email protected] VANSWAFFORD Swafford Transport and Warehouse Co. 1630OldHighway14South Greer,SC29651 (864)848-3854 [email protected] JOHNOZIER UWT Logistics 823EastHolmesRoad Memphis,TN38106 (901)948-3481 [email protected] DEVONANDERS InterChange Group, Inc. 1346PlesantsDrive,Suite6 Harrisonburg,VA22801 (540)433-1900 [email protected]

AT LARGE DIRECTORSANDYBROWN

Twin City Warehouses, Inc.3302OldLexingtonRoadWinston-Salem,NC27107

(336)[email protected]

BILLCROWShaw Warehouse Co.

P.O.Box321305Birmingham,AL35232

(205)[email protected]

BRIANDUKELaney & Duke Terminal Whse. Co.

1560JessieStreetJacksonville,FL32206

(904)[email protected]

JEFFLEWISKenco Logistics Services

200RiversideDriveChatanooga,TN37406

(423)[email protected]

FREDMEREDITHMeredith Whse. & Dist., Inc.

103CarolinaCourtHighPoint,NC27263

(336)[email protected]

WILLIAMSTANKIEWICZShippers Warehouse of GA

9250SouthMainStreetJonesboro,GA30236

(678)[email protected]

March Birthdays6th ..................................... Glen Turner6th ..................................Gene Parham9th ........................................Lisa Lewis14th ................................. Brenda Ozier15th ................................Devon Anders15th ....................................Larry Elwell17th ............................. Melissa Trivette24th .....................................Susan Taul29th ...................................Paul Everett30th ..................................Dick Lawson

March Anniversaries6th .....................Brian & Erika Johnson14th ....................... Chad & Jan Barrow

27th ...........................Jeff & Beth Lewis

April Birthdays1st ................................. Karen Harriss

2nd .................................. Linda Woody

8th ................................. Teresa Anders

14th ............................Barbara Parham

14th ................................Kathy Meador

29th ...................................Sheila Hicks

29th ...................................David Lyons

April Anniversaries1st ............ Frank & Christine Anderson

11th ................ David & Tracey Parham

19th .............Scott & Elaine McWilliams

23rd .............Robert & Nancy Baldridge

25th ......................Larry & Sheila Hicks

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