May TransForce be with Dalton

TORONTO — For the next three years, if you take delivery of an overnight package from the Ontario Government, it’ll be delivered by a Canpar truck.

The company just won a three-year contract to deliver all of Queen’s Park’s overnight materials.

Canpar is a division of Montreal-based TransForce, the single biggest for-hire carrier in Canada, and the contract took affect September 1.

According to a statement from head office, Canpar will hire about 90 new drivers and add new vehicles to deliver approximately 16,300 shipments a day for the government, with 95 percent of the shipments being completed within Ontario.

"Winning this competitive bid is a major step forward for Canpar. It not only adds about 20 percent to revenues, it increases the utilization of Canpar’s sorting and distribution hubs and enhances the density of the company’s delivery services across the province, which is a key factor in operating efficiency," said TransForce Chairman, President and CEO Alain Bédard.

He said he’s convinced Canpar won this contract because of recent investments it made in equipment, infrastructure, and technology.

Canpar was launched in 1976 and was purchased by TransForce in 2002.