Reimer Express Lines Ltd., which did business as YRC Reimer, was a Canadian less than truckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of YRC Worldwide based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. YRC retired the Reimer brand in 2019 merging it with YRC's largest LTL subsidiary, YRC Freight.[1]
Reimer was founded in 1952 when 19 year old Mennonite Donald S. Reimer convinced his father Frank F. Reimer and brothers Delbert Reimer and Gerald Reimer from the farming community of Steinbach, Manitoba to join him in starting a trucking business.[2] The original route for the company was between Winnipeg and Windsor, Ontario, with Winnipeg being the head office.[3][4] By December, Reimer offered services from Windsor to Vancouver[5] and had extended eastward to Toronto by 1956.[6] Reimer offered the first intermodal service in Canada in 1958 when they began providing this option for a Winnipeg to Fort William route via Canadian Pacific Railways.[7]
Neonex ownershipedit
In 1968 Reimer was acquired by Neon Products, a Canadian conglomerate renamed Neonex International in 1969, for approximately CA$3.8 million[8] but continued operations as an independent subsidiary with D.S. Reimer remaining as president.[9] Two years later, Vancouver-based Hunt Transport, which had been acquired by Neonex in 1969, was renamed Reimer Express (Pacific) though D.S. Reimer was made its president as well as the former Hunt, Reimer Express Lines, and Reimer's western division. The three operated separately but with cooperative interlining agreements allowing transport between networks.[10]
Resumed independenceedit
Shortly after Hunt was integrated into the Reimer group in 1971, the Reimer family bought the Reimer group of companies from Neonex. The combined operations covered 6 provinces from Quebec to British Columbia[11] and employed about 800.[4] By the next year Reimer's companies employed 1,000 and had revenues of CA$30 million.[12]
In 1985 Reimer acquired Mississauga-based Inter-City Truck Lines (Canada) which made Reimer one of the top five largest trucking company in Canada and extended its services into the eastern United States.[13] In 1987, Reimer became the fourth largest trucking company in Canada[14] when it took over the western Canada trucking operations of Groupe Brazeau after that company's acquisition by Cabano d'Anjou Group.[15]
By 1990, Reimer had 2,500 employees in companies including Inter-City, Canadian Great Western Express, and Fleet Express Services. It also operated courier Fast-Pac and specialized trucking operations Big Freight and Fast-as-Flight.[2]
Roadway, Yellow, and YRCedit
In 1997, Reimer was acquired by American trucking company Roadway Express[16] for US$15 million and changed its name to Reimer Express. Reimer continued as an independent subsidiary of Roadway and Roadway's Canadian operations were shut down and merged into Reimer's.[17] At the time, Reimer was the second largest trucking company in Canada at CA$117 million revenue in 1996 and Roadway was the second largest in the United States with revenues of about US$2.3 billion trailing only Yellow Corporation.[18]
By the time Yellow Corporation acquired Roadway in 2003, Yellow was the second largest American trucking company and Roadway was the largest. The acquisition cost Yellow US$1.1 billion and made Reimer Express a subsidiary of the newly formed parent company, Yellow Roadway Corp.[19] In 2006, Yellow Roadway changed its name to YRC Worldwide[20] and in 2009, Yellow Canada's operations were merged into Reimer which was renamed YRC Reimer.[21]
In 2019, YRC retired the Reimer name rebranding its Canadian operations YRC Freight. This move marked the end of independent operations for Reimer.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcYRC Freight. "Our History". YRC Freight - The Original LTL Carrier Since 1924. from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^ abcDriedger, Leo (1994). "Mennonite Business in Winnipeg". In Redekop, Calvin Wall; Steiner, Samuel J.; Krahn, Victor A. (eds.). Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and Economics. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America. p. 190. ISBN081919350X.
^Mardon, Harry L. (13 November 1979). "An honest day's work keeps Reimer trucking". The Gazette. Financial Times. p. 31. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ abSchreiner, John (17 July 1971). "Not 'dirty pool' - just a squeeze that worked". National Post. Winnipeg, Manitoba. p. 7. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^"Reimer Express Country-wide". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. 31 December 1952. p. 13. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Truck Line Shows Gain". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. 31 December 1953. p. 11. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Passenger Train Carriers Trailers". Nanaimo Daily News. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 28 October 1958. p. 3. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Neon Annual Net Tops $3 Million". The Vancouver Sun. 30 September 1968. p. 26. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Neon merges with Reimer Express Lines". Star-Phoenix. Winnipeg, Manitoba. 4 July 1968. p. 9. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Hunt Transport Ltd". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. 24 February 1971. p. 12. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^Shaw, R.M. (19 May 1971). "New sell-off for Neonex". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. pp. 15, 16. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Hard work turns truck into millions". The Spokesman Review. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Associated Press. 30 September 1976. p. 19.
^"Truck firms sold". The Windsor Star. 9 April 1985. p. B7. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^"Truck firm takeover to cost jobs". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver, British Columbia. Sun News Services. 29 June 1987. p. B9. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^Dunn, Brian (22 July 1987). "Fast-growing Cabano hopes to stay healthy". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. p. B-5. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Roadway Express buys Manitoba company". The Akron Beacon Journal. 8 May 1997. p. D9. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^Isidore, Chris (10 February 1997). "ROADWAY SET TO BUY CANADA FIRM". The Journal of Commerce. from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
^"Reimer trucking sold to Roadway". Red Deer Advocate. Toronto, Ontario. Canadian Press. 8 February 1997. p. D6. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
^Deutsch, Claudia H. (9 July 2003). "No. 2 in Trucking, Yellow, Will Buy No. 1, Roadway". The New York Times. from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 17 Aug 2020.
^Schulz, John (16 November 2020). "Name change only the start of changes coming at Yellow Corp., subsidiaries". Logistics Management. from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
^"Reimer Express, Yellow Canada Brands Merged". Truck News. Today's Trucking. 1 June 2009. from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
External linksedit
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Reimer Express Lines Ltd which did business as YRC Reimer was a Canadian less than truckload LTL carrier and subsidiary of YRC Worldwide based in Winnipeg Manitoba YRC retired the Reimer brand in 2019 merging it with YRC s largest LTL subsidiary YRC Freight 1 Reimer Express Lines Ltd Reimer Express logo used until approx 2019Trade nameYRC ReimerFormerlyReimer Express Lines Ltd 1952 1997 Reimer Express 1997 2009 TypeSubsidiaryIndustryTransportationFounded1952 71 years ago 1952 in Steinbach Manitoba CanadaFoundersDonald S ReimerFrank F ReimerDelbert ReimerGerald ReimerDefunct2019 2019 FateReimer brand retired brand merged with YRC FreightHeadquartersWinnipeg Manitoba CanadaParentNeon Products 1968 1969 Neonex 1969 1971 Roadway Express 1997 2003 Yellow Roadway 2003 2006 YRC Worldwide 2006 2019 Footnotes references 1 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Foundation and early history 1 2 Neonex ownership 1 3 Resumed independence 1 4 Roadway Yellow and YRC 2 References 3 External linksHistory editFoundation and early history edit Reimer was founded in 1952 when 19 year old Mennonite Donald S Reimer convinced his father Frank F Reimer and brothers Delbert Reimer and Gerald Reimer from the farming community of Steinbach Manitoba to join him in starting a trucking business 2 The original route for the company was between Winnipeg and Windsor Ontario with Winnipeg being the head office 3 4 By December Reimer offered services from Windsor to Vancouver 5 and had extended eastward to Toronto by 1956 6 Reimer offered the first intermodal service in Canada in 1958 when they began providing this option for a Winnipeg to Fort William route via Canadian Pacific Railways 7 Neonex ownership edit In 1968 Reimer was acquired by Neon Products a Canadian conglomerate renamed Neonex International in 1969 for approximately CA 3 8 million 8 but continued operations as an independent subsidiary with D S Reimer remaining as president 9 Two years later Vancouver based Hunt Transport which had been acquired by Neonex in 1969 was renamed Reimer Express Pacific though D S Reimer was made its president as well as the former Hunt Reimer Express Lines and Reimer s western division The three operated separately but with cooperative interlining agreements allowing transport between networks 10 Resumed independence edit Shortly after Hunt was integrated into the Reimer group in 1971 the Reimer family bought the Reimer group of companies from Neonex The combined operations covered 6 provinces from Quebec to British Columbia 11 and employed about 800 4 By the next year Reimer s companies employed 1 000 and had revenues of CA 30 million 12 In 1985 Reimer acquired Mississauga based Inter City Truck Lines Canada which made Reimer one of the top five largest trucking company in Canada and extended its services into the eastern United States 13 In 1987 Reimer became the fourth largest trucking company in Canada 14 when it took over the western Canada trucking operations of Groupe Brazeau after that company s acquisition by Cabano d Anjou Group 15 By 1990 Reimer had 2 500 employees in companies including Inter City Canadian Great Western Express and Fleet Express Services It also operated courier Fast Pac and specialized trucking operations Big Freight and Fast as Flight 2 Roadway Yellow and YRC edit In 1997 Reimer was acquired by American trucking company Roadway Express 16 for US 15 million and changed its name to Reimer Express Reimer continued as an independent subsidiary of Roadway and Roadway s Canadian operations were shut down and merged into Reimer s 17 At the time Reimer was the second largest trucking company in Canada at CA 117 million revenue in 1996 and Roadway was the second largest in the United States with revenues of about US 2 3 billion trailing only Yellow Corporation 18 By the time Yellow Corporation acquired Roadway in 2003 Yellow was the second largest American trucking company and Roadway was the largest The acquisition cost Yellow US 1 1 billion and made Reimer Express a subsidiary of the newly formed parent company Yellow Roadway Corp 19 In 2006 Yellow Roadway changed its name to YRC Worldwide 20 and in 2009 Yellow Canada s operations were merged into Reimer which was renamed YRC Reimer 21 In 2019 YRC retired the Reimer name rebranding its Canadian operations YRC Freight This move marked the end of independent operations for Reimer 1 References edit a b c YRC Freight Our History YRC Freight The Original LTL Carrier Since 1924 Archived from the original on 13 August 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 a b c Driedger Leo 1994 Mennonite Business in Winnipeg In Redekop Calvin Wall Steiner Samuel J Krahn Victor A eds Anabaptist Mennonite Faith and Economics Lanham Md University Press of America p 190 ISBN 081919350X Mardon Harry L 13 November 1979 An honest day s work keeps Reimer trucking The Gazette Financial Times p 31 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com a b Schreiner John 17 July 1971 Not dirty pool just a squeeze that worked National Post Winnipeg Manitoba p 7 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Reimer Express Country wide The Windsor Star Windsor Ontario 31 December 1952 p 13 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Truck Line Shows Gain The Windsor Star Windsor Ontario 31 December 1953 p 11 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Passenger Train Carriers Trailers Nanaimo Daily News Winnipeg Manitoba 28 October 1958 p 3 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Neon Annual Net Tops 3 Million The Vancouver Sun 30 September 1968 p 26 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Neon merges with Reimer Express Lines Star Phoenix Winnipeg Manitoba 4 July 1968 p 9 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Hunt Transport Ltd The Province Vancouver British Columbia 24 February 1971 p 12 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Shaw R M 19 May 1971 New sell off for Neonex The Province Vancouver British Columbia pp 15 16 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Hard work turns truck into millions The Spokesman Review Winnipeg Manitoba Associated Press 30 September 1976 p 19 Truck firms sold The Windsor Star 9 April 1985 p B7 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Truck firm takeover to cost jobs The Vancouver Sun Vancouver British Columbia Sun News Services 29 June 1987 p B9 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Dunn Brian 22 July 1987 Fast growing Cabano hopes to stay healthy The Gazette Montreal Quebec p B 5 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 via Newspapers com Roadway Express buys Manitoba company The Akron Beacon Journal 8 May 1997 p D9 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Isidore Chris 10 February 1997 ROADWAY SET TO BUY CANADA FIRM The Journal of Commerce Archived from the original on 29 August 2021 Retrieved 29 August 2021 Reimer trucking sold to Roadway Red Deer Advocate Toronto Ontario Canadian Press 8 February 1997 p D6 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 Deutsch Claudia H 9 July 2003 No 2 in Trucking Yellow Will Buy No 1 Roadway The New York Times Archived from the original on 18 August 2020 Retrieved 17 Aug 2020 Schulz John 16 November 2020 Name change only the start of changes coming at Yellow Corp subsidiaries Logistics Management Archived from the original on 28 August 2021 Retrieved 28 August 2021 Reimer Express Yellow Canada Brands Merged Truck News Today s Trucking 1 June 2009 Archived from the original on 1 September 2021 Retrieved 1 September 2021 External links 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