United Parcel Service yesterday celebrated its 100th anniversary, pledging to continue to “innovate, grow and succeed” in the future.
The company’s top executives reflected upon a century of achievement, which has seen UPS growfrom the days of its founders in 1907 – Jim Casey and Claude Ryan, starting off with a USD 100 loan– into a package delivery company with a reach of more than 200 countries and territories.
UPS also operates the world’s eighth largest airline, a fleet of almost 92,000 vehicles,offers an array of supply chain services, and has 427,000 employees around the world.
“Today, on our 100th anniversary, we celebrate the people of UPS who have contributed to ourshared success throughout the years, from drivers in Hamburg to pilots in Hong Kong and everyone inbetween,” UPS CEO Mike Eskew said yesterday.
“Our horizon is as distant as our mind’s eye wishes it to be,” Jim Barber, managing directorfor UK & Ireland said, recalling founder Jim Casey’s words.
“If we stay close to this sentiment, UPS is certain to innovate, grow and succeed for another100 years.”
UPS began operating in Europe in 1976 by establishing a domestic ground service in westernGermany and is expanding its air hub at Cologne/Bonn airport to sort 110,000 packages per hour.
The European operation, which has a workforce of over 35,000, is supported by a fleet ofapproximately 8,000 vehicles and over 35 aircraft.
The company is now expanding in the UK with the construction of a new integrated hub inTamworth.
The facility, which will open in October, will be the largest UPS building in the UK and thesecond largest in Europe, providing the capacity and flexibility to provide better customerservice, the carrier said.
