Alliances Around the World Propel Growth at Freight Forwarder

6 March 2000

Alliances Around the World Propel Growth at Freight Forwarder, Lazer Transportation Services

    TAYLOR, Mich.--March 6, 2000--"Many freight forwarders are merging to justify the building of the operational infrastructure around the globe needed to ensure the Just-In-Time standards of delivery that we at Lazer Transportation have long possessed," said COO, James R. Lhamon of Lazer Transportation Services, a business of the F.X. Coughlin Co. "As new companies seek to expand into global markets, demanding more time-sensitive connections, the services provided by our team of employees and agents in over 200 cities around the world continues to set us apart," Lhamon continued.
    For the last two quarters, Lazer Transportation Services has expanded operational support at all of its North American offices to serve as industry sector transportation specialists for an ever increasing number of customers who are expanding their global reach. "We are creating consultants out of the experienced staff members that form Lazer, due to the demand by customers, both old and new, for assurances of strong service delivery in the receiving countries," said Lhamon.
    One of the best examples of where this is paying off for Lazer's customers is in the automotive sector, a traditional client base for the company. As Tier I and Tier II automotive suppliers begin to directly market and support an expanding world base of assembly plants, Lazer's Detroit team is opening up shipping opportunities for these new world traders to and from locales like Brazil, Italy, and Spain.
    "Lazer Transportation's long history of supporting automakers with unparalleled service," said Abel M. Ferreira, Director of Purchasing and Material Logistics at Dow Automotive. "Their experience with working in the Far East, Europe and South America are have been crucial to our company's success," continued Ferreira.
    The company has increased operational support by 10% in the last year and expects an additional 10% to 15% increase in personnel in the coming quarter. The Lazer Team of alliance partners around the globe are undertaking similar expansion. Further, Lhamon said, "All indications point to another year of rapid expansion for Lazer in customs house brokerage services along with import-export ocean and air transportation and we are positioned to meet the increasing demands that our growing customers require of us." Lazer Transportation Services finds its strength as an F.X. Coughlin Company and brings over forty years of alliances with the strongest players in seventy countries including every major trade center in the US.

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