Company/Corporate Awards

1997 - present

2000 - present
Date Company Award
March 2008 FORTUNE Magazine YRCW--America's Most Admired Company in its Industry
November/December 2007 Selling Power Magazine One of the 50 Best Companies to Sell For
August 2007 Logistics Management Quest for Quality award for outstanding service in Household Goods & High-Value Goods Carriers--Truckload category
June 2007 Ryder Transportation Management 2006 Ryder Carrier Quality Award for LTL National
May 2007 Transportation Sales & Marketing Association (TSMA) 7 awards in the marketing categories of audiovisual, internal communications, calendar, and marketing campaign
May 2007 Transportation Marketing & Communications Association (TMCA) Compass Awards: Audio-Visual excellence award for Living the Roadway Brand DVD; merit award for Sealed Divider™ Service DVD; merit award for branding campaign; merit award for baseball sponsorship advertising, customer events, internal events, the mobile museum, and promotional materials; merit award in Publications category the first-quarter 2006 issue of Spotlight magazine
May 2007 NASSTRAC Associate Member of the Year Rob Puleo, Roadway Executive Producer-Corporate Communications, is the recipient of the 2007 "NASSTRAC Associate Member of the Year
March 2007 NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year
March 2007 FORTUNE Magazine America's Most Admired Companies
March 2007 Advertising Federation of Greater Akron (AFGA) 2007 ADDY Awards: Gold ADDY for "Times of Greatness Campaign" and Silver ADDY for interactive National Truck Driver Championship Trading Cards on our public website
March 2007 28th Annual Telly Awards Silver Telly Award: video "Your World, Your Way." Bronze Telly Award: "Strip & Stack Process" DVD. Bronze Telly Award: the Roadway Sealed Divider Service DVD
February 2007 America's Road Team sponsored by the ATA Three Roadway Drivers Named America's Road Team Captains
November/December 2006 Selling Power Magazine One of the 50 Best Companies to Sell For
April 2006 Transportation Sales and Marketing Association (TSMA) 7 awards in the categories of audiovisual, internal communications, calendar, and marketing campaign
April 2006 McGraw-Hill Education 2005 Carrier of the Year
April 2006 Frito-Lay, Inc. 2005 LTL Provider of the Year
February 2006 FORTUNE magazine America's Most Admired Companies
January 2006 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Chairman's Recognition Award
January 2006 3rd Battalion 25th Marines Regiment Colonel Lionel Urquhart, former commander of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, presented an American flag flown in Iraq to Mike Smid, Roadway President & CEO at the January 31, 2006 Town Hall Meeting
December 2005 Exhibit Designers and Producers Association EDDIE award: multiple-media category
November 2005 Selling Power Magazine Top 25 Best Service Companies to Sell For
September 2005 NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year
September 2005 City of Akron Spirit of Akron
July 2005 Trade Show Exhibitors Association (TSEA) Best of Show Award in the in-line category
December 2004 Selling Power Magazine 50 Best Companies to Sell For
December 2004 AV Video Multimedia Producer magazine 30 Top Producers Showcase 2004
October 2004 Inbound Logistics Inbound Logistics 2004 Top 100 Motor CarrierTop 100 Motor Carrier
October 2004 Department of Defense Patriotic Employer
September 2004 NASSTRAC 2004 Less-than-Truckload (LTL) Nationwide Carrier of the Year
August 2004 Logistics Management One of the top "Quest for Quality" less-than-truckload (LTL) national carriers for 2003--received this award for service excellence for 20 consecutive years--member of the Quest for Quality Hall of Fame
June 2004 Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT
April 2004 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Charter partner of SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership--worked closely to lay ground work and develop the goals
April 2004 Transportation Sales and Marketing Association (TSMA) Communication Awards Competition credited Roadway Express for its transportation industry sales and marketing strategies with awards in the categories of audiovisual, public relations, print advertising, and overall campaign
April 2004 Hamilton Sundstrand Logistics Council 2003 Quality Carrier of the Year
October 2003 Inbound Logistics magazine Top 100 Motor Carrier" for 2003
October 2003 CMP Media's InformationWeek magazine InformationWeek 500--prestigious listing of most innovative users of information technology (IT) in the United States--fourth consecutive year Roadway named to the list
October 2003 Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Corporate Leadership Award
September 2003 NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year
September 2003 Logistics Management magazine one of the top "Quest for Quality" less-than-truckload (LTL) national carriers for 2003--19 consecutive years--Roadway enshrined in the Quest for Quality hall of fame for 10 years of top performance
August 2003 CIO magazine CIO-100 Award (recognizes organizations around the world that excel in positive business performance through integrated processes and technologies)
November 2002 Pennsylvania Governor's Highway Safety Award Safe80 Task Force Award
November 2002 Ohio Business Magazine Named to the "Ohio 200"--top performing Ohio companies
October 2002 CMP Media's InformationWeek One of Nation's Leading Information Technology Innovators--third consecutive year Roadway named
August 2002 Logistics Management & Distribution magazine Quest for Quality Award
August 2002 CIO magazine CIO-100 Award (recognizes organizations around the world that excel in positive business performance through integrated processes and technologies)
June 2002 Wal-Mart 2001 Less-Than-Truckload Carrier of the Year
May 2002 IDG's Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT for 2002
April 2002 NASSTRAC Carrier of the Year
November 2001 Arizona Motor Transport Association (AMTA) Grand Trophy for best overall safety performance in 2001-2002--additional award for First Place in the category "2001-2002, General Commodities, Intercity-4,000,001-Over Miles" given to the carrier for best vehicle accident frequency for miles driven in AZ
October 2001 Nicholson Award Best Annual Report
October 2001 CMP Media's InformationWeek One of the 500 Most Innovative Users of Information Technology (IT)
July 2001 Ryder System, Inc. 2000 Ryder Carrier Quality Award in the National Carrier Category
July 2001 National Job Corps Association (NJCA) "Alpha Award" in the Employer Category
July 2001 Char-Broil Less-than-Truckload (LTL) Carrier of the Year 2000
June 2001 Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions (VICS) Association. VICS Collaborative Commerce Award for Best in Logistics 2001
June 2001 The Home Depot "Walk-the-Talk Award for Environmental Leadership"
June 2001 Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc. 2000 Vendor of the Year--Less-than-Truckload Category
June 2001 InternetWeek Top 100 performers
June 2001 Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT
May 2001 United States Postal Service (USPS) 2001 Quality Supplier Award--Large Business - Operational Services
April 2001 National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC) 2001 LTL Nationwide Carrier of the Year
April 2001 Department of Defense (DOD) Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) Quality Award
September 2000 CMP Media's InformationWeek Magazine One of the 500 Most Innovative Users of Information Technology (I/T)
August 2000 Logistics Management & Distribution Report (LMDR) Quest for Quality Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) Carrier for 2000
August 2000 InternetWeek 100 Top 100 e-businesses, "Master of the Customer Connection"
July 2000 Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT (Information Technology)
June 2000 Ohio Governor Bob Taft Governor's Excellence in Exporting Award
June 2000 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Survey highest among national less-than-truckload providers--in top ten among all transportation companies for its overall eCommerce capabilities
June 2000 Distribution, Business Management Association (DBM) 2000 Circle of Excellence Award
April 2000 National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC) 2000 LTL Nationwide Carrier of the Year
March 2000 Vice President Al Gore Hammer Award for Public-Private Partnership Solution
March 2000 Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance System-wide ISO 9002 Certification
March 2000 General Electric (GE) 1999 Less-Than-Truckload Carrier of the Year
February 2000 Colorado Transportation Community (CTC) Eagle Award
December 1999 Trailmobile Trailer LLC and the Arizona Motor Transport Association (AMTA) Overall Best Fleet Safety - August 1998 to August 1999
October 1999 Ryder Integrated Logistics, Inc. Carrier of the Year for 1999
October 1999 Char-Broil Less-Than-Truckload Carrier of the Year for 1999
September 1999 Logistics Management and Distribution Report Quest for Quality
September 1999 American Trucking Associations (ATA) and Safety-Kleen Corp. Environmental Excellence in Trucking award for 1999
August 1999 Quaker Oats Company 1998 Carrier of the Year
August 1999 Pier 1 Imports 1998 Carrier of the Year
July 1999 Inland Paperboard and Packaging Carrier of the Year for 1998 for the second time in the past five years--and "Quality Carrier" for the sixth consecutive year
April 1999 National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC) 1998 LTL Nationwide Carrier of the Year
August 1998 Springs Industries, Inc. Springs of Achievement Award
August 1998 Logistics Management and Distribution Report Quest for Quality Award
June 1998 C.H. Robinson Company Service Award
May 1998 Sponsorship of WETA Documentary "Divided Highways" George Foster Peabody Award, one of broadcast and cable television's most prestigious prizes
April 1998 Winter Corporation Grand Prize winner in worldwide 1998 VLDB (Very Large Database) Survey Program
April 1998 National Small Shipments Traffic Conference (NASSTRAC) 1997 LTL Nationwide Carrier of the Year
April 1998 Inland Paperboard and Packaging Top long-distance less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier in 1997 and Quality Carrier
April 1998 Georgia Freight Bureau (GFB) 1998 Best Practices Award
April 1998 Consolidated Diesel Company 1997 LTL (less-than-truckload) Carrier of the Year
March 1998 U.S. Dept. of Transportation Recognition of Participation in the "No Zone" program and commitment to public education and highway safety
January 1998 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1997 State Highway Hero Award
August 1997 Distribution Quest for Quality carrier
August 1997 AMP Incorporated 1997 Domestic Supplier of the Year award
July 1997 The Toro Company 1997 Excellence In Distribution award
July 1997 Federated Logistics division of Federated Department Stores, Inc. Carrier of the Year
April 1997 Georgia Freight Bureau (GFB) 1997 Carrier of the Year Award, LTL National category

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