Business View Magazine | February 2019

123 cess of expanding into Chicago and the Midwest, in general.” Regarding the company’s facilities, Ewing reports several recent changes: “We moved our Charlotte facilities from a 70,000-sq.-ft.warehouse to a 165,000-sq.-ft.facility that was 15 miles away.We fully integrated the new facility,which gave us the ability to reduce overflow facilities, so all product for our Charlotte distribution center is under one roof. It created significant efficiencies both inbound and outbound, and quicker turns on product getting to the customers. Growth out of that facility, this past year, is about 25 percent over 2017.” “We’re also putting the finishing touches on our Pennsylvania facility,where we went from 125,000 square feet to 270,000 square feet and we elimi- nated three overflow facilities in the process,”he continues.“So,we went from four different physi- Lightning Transportation offers over 30 years of expertise in Intermodal Trans- portation for drayage service with offices in Baltimore MD, Norfolk VA, Charlotte NC, Charleston SC, Savannah GA and Atlanta GA. Wayne Gaumer n President wayne@lightningtrans.com Brian Kontor n Regional Sales Manager bkontor_943@comcast.net For rates or dispatch: cservice@lightningtrans.com WWW.LIGHTNINGTRANS.COM n 800-233-0624 Corporate Office 16820-C Blake Road Hagerstown, MD, 21740 “Our operators are the best in the industry - and we treat them that way!”