Purolator Courier
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| Type | Private corporation |
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| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | Eastern Canada, 1960 |
| Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| Key people | Tom Schmitt, President & CEO, Bill Henderson, VP Operations, Brian Meagher, VP Sales |
| Products | Parcel delivery |
| Revenue | CAD 1.5 billion (2008) |
| Employees | 12,500 |
| Website | http://www.purolator.com |
Purolator Courier Ltd. is a Canadian courier that is 91% owned by Canada Post Corporation,[1] 7% owned by Barry Lapointe Holdings Ltd. and 2% by others.
The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967, it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters Purolator[2]—the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later".[3] In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.
Purolator has partnered with DHL Express for deliveries worldwide. DHL Express no longer performs domestic delivery in the United States, so final delivery may be performed by other carriers including United Parcel Service.
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter operates DC-10-30F, Boeing 727, and Convair 580 cargo aircraft for Purolator.
Since 2003, Purolator has organized a popular annual food drive in association with the Canadian Football League. Every season, fans in each city are invited to bring non-perishable food items to a selected home game, and Purolator collects and donates the food to local food banks. Also, for every quarterback sack in the CFL, Purolator donates the quarterback's weight in food to the food bank in the city where the game was held.
On April 28, 2008, Teamsters Canada, the official union of Purolator truck drivers, package handlers, couriers, and other workers, gave employees a 72 hour strike warning[clarification needed]. A tentative agreement from one month prior was rejected by 51% of Purolator union members. Purolator and its union met with a federally appointed mediator and reached a 2nd tentative agreement on April 30, around 24 hours before the strike deadline.[4]
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On September 24, 2007, Purolator Inc. introduced the Unicell Quicksider, a prototype full-electric vehicle, lightweight urban delivery vehicle, developed by a consortium led by Toronto-based Unicell Limited [5] in partnership with ArvinMeritor, Battery Engineering and Test Services Inc.; Bodycote Material Testing; Electrovaya Inc.; PMG Technologies Inc.; Purolator Courier Ltd.; Southwestern Energy; and the Transportation Development Centre of Transport Canada.[6][7]
[edit] Company overview
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Facilities: 123 operations locations 20 regional sales offices 147 Shipping Centres 550 Authorized Shipping Agents 350 drop boxes 2 Customer Contact Centres
Call Volume: Customer Contact Centre professionals respond to 30,000–35,000 calls per day.
Equipment: 3,152 courier vehicles 136 medium trucks 1,064 highway trailers 436 tractors 21 dedicated chartered aircraft 943 ground support equipment
Average Number of Pieces Handled: Daily: 1.1 million pieces (delivery and pick up) Weekly: 5.5 million pieces (delivery and pick up) Monthly: 23.8 million pieces (delivery and pick up) Annually: 275 million pieces (delivery and pick up)
70 per cent of the pieces handled are manufactured goods and 30 per cent are documents.
Air Freight Volume: Purolator moves 400,000 pounds of air freight each night, and 100 million pounds of air freight each year
International Delivery: Purolator International provides import and export services between Canada and 209 other countries.
[edit] References
- ^ "Purolator Facts". Purolator.com. 2010-04-14. http://www.purolator.com/media/corporate/faq.html. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
- ^ "Purolator history". Purolator.com. 1960-12-05. http://www.purolator.com/media/corporate/corporate_history.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Purolator Auto Filters history". Purolatorautofilters.net. http://www.purolatorautofilters.net/news/Pages/PurolatorHistory.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Business | Purolator, union reach deal". TheStar.com. 2008-05-02. http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/420511. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Unicell". Unicell. http://www.unicell.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Purolator Introduces Prototype Battery-Electric Delivery Vehicle". Green Car Congress. 2007-09-24. http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/09/purolator-intro.html. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Purolator Quicksider Electric Delivery Vehicle Displayed in Toronto". TreeHugger. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/purolator-electric-delivery-truck-unicell-toronto-canada.php. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
