UPS Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary
August 5, 2007 by Splatty
Filed under 3PL, Misc Logistics, QuickNews
Congratulations to UPS on their 100-year anniversary. UPS was initially started by two Seattle teenagers in 1907 working out of their basement. They began the messenger service by making deliveries on foot and bicycle.
Via Yahoo News:
In 1913, the company acquired its first delivery car, a Model T Ford, renamed itself Merchants Parcel Delivery and shifted its primary focus from messages to packages. Six years later, the company expanded beyond Seattle and renamed itself United Parcel Service.
The company, which moved into its Atlanta headquarters in 1994, went public in 1999. It rebranded itself as just UPS in 2003.
To mark its centennial anniversary — officially Aug. 28 — UPS has been holding events around the world. Eskew has attended many, and he is marking his own 35th anniversary with the company.
What’s in store for the next 100 years?
A century from now, Chief Executive Mike Eskew expects that delivering small packages will still be an important part of the Atlanta-based company’s business, but he isn’t sure it will be the largest part. In 2001, the company expanded its services by acquiring the Mail Boxes Etc. chain. Most of the stores were later renamed The UPS Store.
“We’re going to transform as the world changes and our customers tell us to change,” Eskew said.
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