Pacer International (NASDAQ: PACR), a leading North American
transportation and logistics provider, unveiled at the CSCMP Global
Conference in Denver, Colorado on October 5, its new brand initiative
that will more effectively communicate the company’s
service capabilities and unified approach to the marketplace.
The focus of this initiative is to unify Pacer’s
full scope of services and operations under a single master brand. The
new logo design reaches into the company’s
past but presents a fresh and modern look. The company has also adopted
the new tag line “Making Your World
Run Smoother” which speaks to its
commitment to deliver on its promises to customers and its history of
innovation in the intermodal industry.
Pacer is the product of more than ten transportation and logistics
company acquisitions that has evolved into one of the premier intermodal
and logistics companies in North America. The company has been making
investments and improvements over the last year that has resulted in the
expansion of both its intermodal services network and its truck
brokerage services. Pacer is also expanding its in-house drayage
operations to support its expanded intermodal network and door-to-door
product offerings.
The company is also currently in a phased implementation of a single IT
system provided by SAP, which will simplify business processes across
organizational functions and improve responsiveness to customer needs.
This new platform includes a new single web portal designed to provide a
better understanding of the company’s
portfolio of services, improved visibility to client shipments, and easy
access to shipment data. This IT implementation will allow the company
to increase its focus on satisfying customers by delivering strategic,
value-enhancing services, and take advantage of emerging opportunities
in the marketplace.
“Everyone on the Pacer team is energized by
our new brand and new website which will be launched in mid-November,”
said David Hoppens, vice president of marketing. “We
felt this was the opportune time to create a unified brand approach for
Pacer. The deployment of our new SAP system platform will allow us to
create pacer.com, a single point of entry on the web that will enhance
our customer’s experience and improve their
ease of doing business with Pacer.”
“This is an exciting time for Pacer as we
embrace the future challenges and opportunities within our industry,”
said Michael E. Uremovich, chairman and chief executive officer. “Our
new corporate identity is a natural progression for our company.
Unifying our company around an integrated IT system, communication
platform, and customer approach will further enhance our ability to
deliver best-in-class transportation services and logistics solutions
for all Pacer customers.”
ABOUT PACER INTERNATIONAL (www.pacer-international.com)
Pacer International, a leading asset-light North American third-party
logistics and freight transportation provider, through its intermodal
and logistics operating segments, offers a broad array of services to
facilitate the movement of freight from origin to destination. The
intermodal segment offers wholesale services provided by Pacer
Stacktrain (cost-efficient, two-tiered rail transportation for
containerized shipments) and Pacer Cartage (local trucking), as well as
retail services through its Rail Brokerage group (intermodal marketing).
The logistics segment provides retail truck brokerage, trucking,
warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and
supply-chain management services. Pacer International is headquartered
in Concord, California. Its intermodal and logistics operating segments
are headquartered in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio,
respectively.
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