Purolator Courier
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| Purolator Courier Ltd. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Crown corporation |
| Founded | Eastern Canada, 1960 |
| Headquarters | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Key people | Robert C. Johnson, CEO Bill Henderson, Senior Vice President Sheldon Bell, CFO |
| Industry | Courier |
| Products | Package delivery |
| Revenue | $1.2 billion USD (2004) |
| Employees | 11,500 |
| Website | http://www.purolator.com/ |
Purolator Courier is a Canadian courier that is 97% owned by Canada Post.
The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967 it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters: the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later". In 1987 the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.
Purolator has partnered with DHL for deliveries worldwide.
Kelowna Flightcraft operates Boeing 727 and Convair 580 cargo aircraft for Purolator.
Since 2003, Purolator has organized a popular annual food drive in association with the Canadian Football League. Every season, fans in each city are invited to bring non-perishable food items to a selected home game, and Purolator collects and donates the food to local food banks. Also, for every quarterback sack in the CFL, Purolator donates the quarterback's weight in food to the food bank in the city where the game was held.
[edit] Quicksider
Purolator, introduced the Quicksider, a prototype full-electric, lightweight urban delivery vehicle, developed by a consortium led by Toronto-based Unicell Limited in partnership with ArvinMeritor, Battery Engineering and Test Services Inc.; Bodycote Material Testing; Electrovaya Inc.; PMG Technologies Inc.; Purolator Courier Ltd.; Southwestern Energy; and the Transportation Development Centre of Transport Canada [1].
