Purolator Courier

Infobox Company
company_name = Purolator Courier Ltd.
company_
company_type = Private corporation
foundation = Eastern Canada, 1960
location = Mississauga, Ontario
key_people = Robert C. Johnson, CEO
Bill Henderson, Senior Vice President
Sheldon Bell, CFO
industry = Courier
products = Package delivery
revenue = $1.4 billion CAD (2007)
num_employees = 12,500
homepage = [http://www.purolator.com/ www.purolator.com]

Purolator Courier Ltd. is a Canadian courier that is 91% owned by Canada Post. [ [http://www.purolator.com/media/corporate/faq.html Purolator Facts] ]

The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967, it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters Purolator—the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later." In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.

Purolator has partnered with DHL for deliveries worldwide.

Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter operates Boeing 727 and Convair 580 cargo aircraft for Purolator.

Since 2003, Purolator has organized a popular annual food drive in association with the Canadian Football League. Every season, fans in each city are invited to bring non-perishable food items to a selected home game, and Purolator collects and donates the food to local food banks. Also, for every quarterback sack in the CFL, Purolator donates the quarterback's weight in food to the food bank in the city where the game was held.

As of April 28, 2008, Teamsters Canada, the official union of Purolator truck drivers, package handlers, couriers, and other workers, gave employees a 72 hour strike warning. A tentative agreement from one month prior was rejected by 51% of Purolator union members. Purolator and its union met with a federally appointed mediator and reached a 2nd tentative agreement on April 30th, around 24 hours before the strike deadline. [ [http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/420511 TheStar.com | Business | Purolator, union reach deal] ]

Unicell Quicksider

On September 24, 2007, Purolator introduced the Unicell's Quicksider, a prototype full-electric vehicle, lightweight urban delivery vehicle, developed by a consortium led by Toronto-based Unicell Limited [ [http://www.unicell.com Unicell ] ] in partnership with ArvinMeritor, Battery Engineering and Test Services Inc.; Bodycote Material Testing; Electrovaya Inc.; PMG Technologies Inc.; Purolator Courier Ltd.; Southwestern Energy; and the Transportation Development Centre of Transport Canada. [ [http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/09/purolator-intro.html Green Car Congress: Purolator Introduces Prototype Battery-Electric Delivery Vehicle] ] [ [http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/purolator-electric-delivery-truck-unicell-toronto-canada.php Purolator Quicksider Electric Delivery Vehicle Displayed in Toronto : TreeHugger ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.purolator.com/ Purolator Courier web site]