Saia Celebrates 90th Anniversary
Saia, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAIA), an American transportation pioneer and LTL freight carrier has just celebrated its 90th.
The company’s roots are modest.
In 1924, Louis Saia, Sr. of Houma, La. removed the back seat of the family car and the first Saia truck was born.
Today, Atlanta-based Saia is a $1.1 billion powerhouse with 147 terminals in 34 states and some 8,500 employees. It is one of the nation’s top carriers, providing LTL, non-asset truckload and logistics services to a broad range of industries, including retail, chemical and manufacturing.
Since 2002, the year Saia, Inc. went public, its stock price has multiplied more than eight-fold and its revenue has increased by 49 percent. In addition, the number of employees has grown by 60 percent while its coverage area in the United States has expanded from 21 states to 34.
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