ArcBest Corporation Moves Up on Fortune 1000 List

FORT SMITH, Ark., July 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest Corporation^sm (Nasdaq: ARCB) is pleased to announce that it moved up 38 spots on the Fortune 1000 list this year as customers become more aware of the company's scope as a holistic provider of transportation and logistics services and as its emerging businesses represent a greater portion of total corporate revenue.

ArcBest is the parent company of flagship less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier ABF Freight^sm and the emerging businesses ABF Logistics^sm, Panther Premium Logistics^sm, FleetNet America^® and ArcBest Technologies.

Together, these subsidiaries provide a wide variety of services to meet shippers' needs across the supply chain, as well as solutions for fleet maintenance and repair. With the company's moving division, which includes the consumer brand U-Pack^®, ArcBest solves complex transportation problems day-in and day-out.

ABF Freight, which celebrated its 90^th anniversary in 2013, operates the core LTL network in North America. ABF Logistics, formed as a separate subsidiary in the summer of 2013, provides complementary third-party logistics solutions including truck brokerage and rail options, transportation management, warehousing and ocean shipping.

Judy R. McReynolds, president and CEO of ArcBest, is one of approximately five percent of female CEOs in the Fortune 1000. She became CEO in 2010 after a variety of management roles in the company since joining in 1997.

In 2013, ArcBest's total revenue rose 11 percent to $2.3 billion from $2.1 billion in 2012.

"From our roots as an LTL carrier based in Arkansas, we are now a much broader and diverse company with solutions that span the world," said McReynolds. "We are excited about the additional opportunities before us, and we continue to innovate to meet our goals for the future."

McReynolds added that to be fully recognized as a holistic provider of transportation and logistics solutions, the parent company was renamed ArcBest Corporation on May 1, 2014, and also adopted a new trading symbol, ARCB.

As part of the company's efforts to provide the one-stop shopping that customers increasingly seek, the company acquired Panther in the summer of 2012. Panther, based near Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the best-known providers of premium logistics including time-sensitive, mission-critical and white-glove delivery.

FleetNet America, headquartered in Cherryville, NC, creates value for customers in three ways: by getting fleets back on the road fast, by reducing maintenance events through better data and by delivering best-in-class preventive maintenance compliance at the lowest total maintenance cost.

In 2013, approximately three-quarters of total revenue came from ABF Freight, with the emerging businesses – ABF Logistics, Panther and FleetNet – rising to about one-quarter of that total from just seven percent in 2009.

"As we look to the future, we are continuing to invest in­­ providing our customers with more of the logistics services they want from a trusted provider," said McReynolds. "We are very gratified that our growth is recognized on the Fortune 1000 list and appreciate the great reception we have had since May 1 to our new corporate name, logos and overall brand identity."

ABOUT ARCBEST
ArcBest Corporation^sm (Nasdaq: ARCB) solves complex logistics and transportation challenges. Our companies and brands – ABF Freight^sm, ABF Logistics^sm, Panther Premium Logistics^sm, FleetNet America^®, U-Pack^® and ArcBest Technologies – apply the skill and the will with every shipment and supply chain solution, household move or vehicle repair. ArcBest finds a way.

For more information, visit arcb.com, abf.com, pantherpremium.com, fleetnetamerica.com and upack.com. ArcBest Corporation^sm. The Skill & The Will^sm.

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For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results, please see our filings with SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. 

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SOURCE ArcBest Corporation