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Emery Worldwide Appoints Director of Automotive for North America

    REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--Nov. 14, 2001--Emery Worldwide, the global heavyweight air cargo transportation subsidiary of CNF Inc. , has appointed Bruce Smith, a 14-year veteran of the air cargo industry, as director of Automotive for North America.
    Prior to this appointment, Smith was global account manager for Emery's automotive group.
    Based in Romulus, Mich., Smith will be responsible for managing the sales efforts of global automotive account managers, coordinating the sales efforts between the North American, European and Asian global auto groups, creating innovative logistics processes for the global auto industry and expanding Emery's presence in emerging markets worldwide.
    Smith began his career with CF Airfreight in October 1988 as an account manager based in Toronto. In 1990, he was promoted to service center manager in Edmonton, Alberta and held that position until June 1991, when he was promoted to service center manager in Calgary. He held that position until August 1993, when he was promoted to Eastern Area sales manager based in Newark, N.J. He joined the automotive group in November 1994 as a global account manager.
    Smith graduated from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, with an H.B.A. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Economics.
    Emery Worldwide specializes in time-definite transportation services for business-to-business shippers of heavyweight cargo. A $2.6 billion company, Emery provides global air and ocean freight transportation, logistics management and customs brokerage services to manufacturing, industrial, retail and government customers.
    Based in Redwood City, Calif., Emery operates in 229 countries through a network of more than 500 service centers and agent locations around the world. Emery Worldwide is a subsidiary of CNF Inc. , a $6 billion management company of global supply chain services with businesses in regional trucking, air freight, ocean freight, customs brokerage, global logistics management and trailer manufacturing based in Palo Alto, Calif.
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