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Since 1988, Birmingham, Michigan's Metro Parcel & Freight has been steadily growing. Just over 20 years ago, the company's President, Kurt Prock started the company as its owner and principal employee and, "It expanded to several other drivers locally in the Detroit area, and then it expanded to over-the-road loads, where it is now," says Mike Webster, the firm's Safety & Recruitment officer. While the company's certainly proud of this growth, it's not something that they use as a primary measurement of their success--it's more of a result of their success than anything else.

In today’s economy we all have to work a little harder and a little smarter to make a profit. Because we know you personally, we feel a very real responsibility for your success, and our efforts will quickly become apparent to you. We do our best to offer you the best runs available and attempt to route you into areas that seem to offer the greatest number of options.

Over the past year, Bolt Express has been in the news frequently, revealing their new corporate headquarters, their on-board logging plans and the expansion of their Enterprise of Services. After expanding their services last year to include not only Expedite, but Truckload, Logistics and Mexico, they realized they needed a way to reach the public with this information.

When we put an owner-operator on with our fleet, we expect it to be a long term relationship. Because we "hire" people for the long-term, we don't have turn over and we're very proud of that. If you don't care about your people, you shouldn't be in this industry. If you've got a guy in a truck in Minnesota freezing like an ice cube or in Louisiana cooking like a piece of bacon, you need to move them. I'm not going to have a truck just sitting where we don't have freight."

Founded in 1978, with headquarters in Millbury, OH, this privately-owned company operates in all 48 states and Canadian provinces. With a current fleet made up of Owner/Operators, Tri-State Expedited transports general commodity freight. From game towels for the Mets, parts for manufacturers, to government contracts, Tri-State delivers to a broad customer base.