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Allen Lund Company Press Release
ALC Announces Newest Office and Manager
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La Caņada Flintridge, Calif., July 19, 2011 -- The Allen Lund Company is pleased to announce the expansion of its company with the addition of Chris Hutto as Manager of the newest office located in Savannah, Georgia. The office will be located on one of the largest Atlantic ports on the Eastern seaboard. It is positioned on the Inter Coastal Waterway, making transportation, manufacturing, military installations, and tourism the city's four major economic drivers.
Chris Hutto comes to the Allen Lund Company with 8 years of transportation experience as a strong operations manager. Eddie Lund, Vice President of Sales and Branch Operations, said, "Chris Hutto's varied experience, coupled with his confidence and desire to succeed, convinced us that he was exactly what we were looking for." Hutto, a graduate of Old Dominion University with a B.A. in Business Administration and Management and a minor in Human Resources, is eager to begin his new path in the Savannah location: "This is an outstanding business development opportunity, situated on one of the largest international seaports on the Eastern seaboard," adding, "I am excited to work with a company so well respected in the industry; with such a great group of people behind me, I feel like success is limitless."
The Savannah office will offer dry, refrigerated, flatbed, and intermodal services.
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About Allen Lund Company: Specializing as a national third-party transportation broker with nationwide offices and over 300 employees, the Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers across the nation to transport dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight; additionally, the Allen Lund Company has an international division, ALC International, which is licensed by the FMC as an OTI-NVOCC, and a logistics division, ALC Logistics.
Established in 1976, the company managed over 267,000 truckload shipments in 2010. ALC was named 2010 Top 3PL Recipient by Food Logistics. The November 9, 2009 issue of Transport Topics ranked the Allen Lund Company 12th in the nation among their list of "Top 25 Freight Brokerage Firms." The October 19, 2009 issue of the Los Angeles Business Journal ranked the Allen Lund Company 43rd on the list of "Largest Private Companies" in Los Angeles; additionally, the November 23, 2009 issue of the San Fernando ValleyBusiness Journal ranked the Allen Lund Company 19th on the list of "Fastest Growing Private Companies." More information is available at www.allenlund.com.
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