USF Reddaway Receives Quality Service Award From Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    PORTLAND, Ore.--May 1, 2001--USF Reddaway Inc., a regional carrier unit of USFreightways Corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a Quality Performance Award for 2000 by Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. Air Products presents its quality performance awards annually as part of its Vendor Challenge Campaign. Performance measurements included in the Vendor Challenge Program are customer complaints, discharges, self-reported lates, and plant complaints.
    "All USF Reddaway employees should be proud of this honor which was achieved under the toughest of measurements set forth by APCI," said Jared McArthur, President and CEO of USF Reddaway. "Awards like this are only possible with the highest attention to detail at every level."

    Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is the world's only combined gases and chemicals company. Founded more than 60 years ago and headquartered in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, the company has annual revenues of $5.5 billion with operations in 30 countries. Air Products is a market leader in the global electronics and chemical processing industries, and a long-standing innovator in basic manufacturing sectors, including steel, metal, glass and food processing. The company distinguishes itself through its 17,500 employees around the world, who build lasting relationships with their customers and communities based on understanding, integrity and passion for excellence. Additional information on the company is available at www.airproducts.com.

    USF Reddaway, based in Clackamas, Oregon, offers premier LTL service throughout the Western and Rocky Mountain states, including Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Alaska and Wyoming. Terminals in Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton provide service to the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan.

    USFreightways provides comprehensive supply chain management services, including high-value, regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation, logistics, domestic and international freight forwarding and premium regional and national truckload transportation. For more information, contact the Company at www.usfreightways.com.