ATA Featured Member: DLD Truck Straps
DLD Truck Straps is very much a family affair and President Becky Thiessen, husband and Vice President Terry Thiessen, along with sister and Chief Financial Officer Vickie Vaccarello, have been pivotal in maintaining the family legacy. In 1979, Becky and Vickie’s father – David Lloyd – retired from Aeroquip, the largest cargo control company in […]
ATA Featured Member: Attainment, Inc.
ATAFEATUREDMEMBER “Dynamic” – as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, pertains to or is characterized by energy or effective action; a dynamic force, especially one that motivates and affects development or stability. This definition aptly depicts the husband and wife team of Linda and Tery Tennant. Together they represent the dynamic force that is Attainment Inc. […]
ATA Featured Member: Z Trucking
Provide quality customer service. Keep people as a priority. Examine your potential. These are the goals Chris and Laurie Zwierzynski have endeavored to achieve since they opened the doors of Z-Trucking on October 1, 2003. Z-Trucking is a national trucking company that specializes in the movement of truckload volumes of dry and refrigerated commodities with […]
ATA Featured Member: Transtar Insurance Brokers, Inc.
ATAFEATUREDMEMBER Since 1963, Transtar has been offering insurance solutions to large businesses, with emphasis on transportation. Transtar develops unique solutions that allow clients to participate in the underwriting profits of the insurance companies as well as to stabilize the cost of risk for their clients. Over the years, Transtar has developed an expertise in […]
ATA Featured Member: Doudell Trucking
ATAFEATUREDMEMBER In most ways that matter to average Americans and business owners, the recent recession was the worst economic crisis since the Depression. However, this crisis was nothing new to Doudell Trucking—and it didn’t stop them. In the words of Vice President Mike Kunde, “Our Company has made it through the Great […]
ATA Featured Member: Desert Fleet-Serv
Desert Fleet-Serv opened its doors for business in January of 1995 with two employees, an infusion of personal money and an SBA loan. Today, the company employs 23 employees and operates 14 service trucks to provide regular “on site” maintenance and repair services to businesses that operate fleets of diesel trucks. Owners Tom and Kim […]
ATA Featured Member: Central Arizona Freight
Central Arizona Freight was envisioned by Chuck Riser in 1997 as a potential opportunity for transporting freight between Phoenix and Tucson. Riser, who has been involved in the trucking industry since his first job in 1978 with Roadway of Detroit, MI arrived upon the idea while working as a sales manager for USF Bestway. Riser […]
ATA Featured Member: HUB Transportation Insurance Services, Inc.
HUB Transportation Insurance Services, Inc. (HUB TIS), an affiliated member of the HUB International Insurance Group, provides transportation insurance products and programs serving the Arizona and Southwestern U.S. region. HUB TIS was formed approximately four years ago with the merger and acquisition of several major retail insurance brokers, including Kaufman & Kaufman Insurance (headquartered in […]
ATA Featured Member: J&L Transportation
Phoenix-based J & L Transportation was incorporated in January 1987 as a distribution, drayage, warehouse and intermodal service provider. J & L currently serves all of Arizona, Reno-Sparks, Nevada and Sonora, Mexico with its fleet of 25 tractors and 25 trailers. Some of its principal customers include Intermodal Marketing Companies; Hub Group, Alliance Shippers, Exel […]
ATA Featured Member: HDS
HDS: 37-Year ATA Member Company Focuses on the Class A Driver HDS was started by George Prall as Driver Dispatch Inc. in 1972 to provide leased drivers to a company that needed efficient, reliable, on-time transportation. In 1988, Doug Prall (George’s son) took over the business with the creation of a new corporation called Highway […]