Saia, a less-than-truckload carrier, commemorated their new multimillion 153-door terminal, which features a maintenance shop and nearly complete high-speed fueling station with a grand opening on Apr. 20. The terminal, located at 3500 Blue Ridge Drive in the City of Buford, will offer faster shipping with reduced freight handling. Saia also plans to eventually employ approximately 200 personnel, ranging from dockworkers, drivers, mechanics and office and sales positions.
“We are tremendously excited about the opening of this new flagship terminal,” said Saia President and CEO Fritz Holzgrefe. “This facility will add much needed enhanced service in the Metro Atlanta area, a major market for Saia. Its completion will allow us to have the capacity to meet our customers’ needs for years to come.”
In 1924, Louis Saia, Sr., a produce dealer in Louisiana, realized he could earn more delivering produce rather than selling it, converting their family car into their first “truck” by removing the rear seats. By 1986, his company became one of the largest regional less-than-truckload carriers in the country with 23 terminals in five states, approximately 1,000 employees and more than $50 million in revenue. In 1987, the family sold the business. By 2006, Saia became a publicly traded company after several acquisitions and mergers. Today, as the ninth largest and oldest less-than-truckload carrier, they operate 191 terminals, including seven in Georgia, delivering approximately 30,000 daily shipments and employing more than 12,000 people. Their Buford terminal represents the fourth facility they have opened in the state in the past two years, as well as the fourth location this year.
“Georgia is ranked No.1 for logistics by multiple site selection and business organizations, and the continued presence of quality companies like Saia is part of the Georgia advantage,” said Georgia Department of Economic Development Deputy Commissioner of Global Commerce Kristi…
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