Roadway Corporation Named a Top Performing Company by Ohio Business Magazine

    AKRON, Ohio--Nov. 14, 2002--Roadway Corporation has been named to the "Ohio 200" list of top performing Ohio companies published by Ohio Business Magazine. The list validates good business practices and innovation.
    "By recognizing the top 200 wealth creators in our state, the "Ohio 200" not only identifies but celebrates the enterprises that are the strongest engines of growth in the nearly two-century-old Buckeye State," said Lute Harmon, Jr., publisher of Ohio Business Magazine.
    "Roadway is proud to acknowledge its heritage in and continuing commitment to the state of Ohio," stated Jim Staley, President of Roadway Corporation. "Based in Akron since our founding in 1930, Roadway has prospered and grown into a recognized leader in the North American, and increasingly global, transportation industry. Throughout our history, Akron has been more than the company's headquarters, but also our home and the "central nervous system" of our network. Our employees in Akron support the Roadway family of more than 26,000 employees with creative, state-of-the-art technologies aimed at providing the best information management in our industry."

    Included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average, Roadway Corporation , is a holding company dedicated to identifying opportunities to expand the transportation-related service offerings available to customers through the Roadway portfolio of strategically linked transportation companies. Roadway Corporation's principal operating subsidiaries include: Roadway Express, a leading ISO 9002-certified transporter of industrial, commercial and retail goods in the two- to five-day regional and long-haul markets. Roadway Express provides seamless service between all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico including export services to 69 countries. New Penn Motor Express, a regional, next-day ground less-than-truckload carrier of general commodities serving twelve states in the Northeastern United States, Quebec, Canada and Puerto Rico, with links to the Midwest and Southeast United States and Ontario, Canada. And, Arnold Transportation Services (ATS), an irregular route, dedicated truckload carrier serving short-haul markets in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest regions of the U.S. For additional information, contact the Company at www.roadwaycorp.com.

    Ohio Business is the statewide voice of entrepreneurship, emerging technology and business success for Ohio. The business writers and columnists are recognized experts in a variety of business fields. The magazine aims to connect people, companies and industries inspiring and reshaping Ohio. Ohio Business is part of Great Lakes Publishing Co., which produces city and regional magazines & trade shows including Inside Business, The Know Show, Ohio Magazine, Cleveland Magazine, Long Weekends and Bride to Be.