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Edart Leasing Company history
Edart Leasing Company company history timeline
1937 The fleet expands to 15 trucks.
1938 Ryder signs a five-truck lease deal with Champagne Velvet Beer, increasing Ryder’s fleet to 20 trucks.
1941 During World War II, Ryder hauls supplies for the United States government.
1945 Ryder provides a dedicated fleet and drivers for daily distribution of The Miami Herald, Ryder’s longest-standing customer.
1949 Ryder’s fleet grows to nearly 500 vehicles.
1952 Ryder acquires its much larger customer, Great Southern Trucking Company, and rebrands its entire fleet with the “Big R” for national reach.
1957 Ryder expands truck leasing and rental operations into Canada.
1960 Ryder is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1968 Ryder launches its “one-way” consumer truck rental business to target self-move customers.
1971 Ryder expands operations to the United Kingdom.
1978 Revenue exceeds $1 billion.
1983 Truck leasing expands to Germany.
1992 Ryder links its network of hundreds of maintenance facilities with computers and automated diagnostic tools.
1995 Ryder is first named to FORTUNE® magazine’s listing of the 500 largest public companies in the United States
1997 A survey in FORTUNE® magazine names Ryder the most admired company in the trucking industry.
2000 Operations are reorganized and Greg Swienton’s role expands to President and Chief Executive Officer.
2001 Ryder launches its Asia-Pacific headquarters, following the acquisition of Singapore-based Ascent Logistics.
2002 Tony Burns retires from the Board and Greg Swienton is named Chairman.
2005 Ryder opens smaller, more efficient global headquarters in Miami.
2007 Ryder marks its golden anniversary in Canada with the acquisition of Ontario-based Pollock National Lease.
2009 Ryder becomes certified as a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL) in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) for logistics operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
2011 Ryder acquires three truck fleet management businesses in California (Carmenita Leasing, Inc., The Scully Companies, Inc., and B.I.T. Leasing Inc.), increasing the company’s presence in the western United States
2013 Chairman and CEO Gregory T. Swienton retires and Robert E. Sanchez, Ryder’s Chair of the Board and President is named Chief Executive Officer.
2015 The Company introduces the industry’s first ever female-friendly vehicle package for lease, including 15 unique specifications to better meet the needs of female drivers.
West Hartford high school play revisits controversy of altering school’s Native American-themed mascot In a year when cultural sensitivity in sports team names is news across the country, West Hartford’s 2015 debate over its high schools’ mascots will be in the spotlight again.
Blue Back Square in West Hartford sold to company that manages Evergreen Walk May 21, 2021
Employment growth in Connecticut is sluggish, but these six industries are adding jobs May 20, 2021
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