Purolator wins Olympic bid

VANCOUVER — Purolator just became official courier to some of the fastest people on earth.

The expediting division of Canada Post announced today that the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games welcomed Purolator to its official supplier category.

Purolator will also be the official courier for the Canadian Olympic Committee and the Canadian Olympic team at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the London 2012 Olympic Games.

In its role as runner for the Olympians, Purolator will ship event tickets as well as about 130,000 packages of merchandise ordered from the Vancouver 2010 website (www.vancouver2010.com).

The courier company will also support the day-to-day operations leading up to and during the 2010 games.

“Purolator’s support of Canada’s dream to host the 2010 Winter Games started five years ago when we first helped deliver the Vancouver 2010 Bid Books to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland,” said Bob Johnson, Purolator president and Chief Executive Officer.

Purolator will support the Olympic committee’s commitment to delivering sustainable games through its fleet of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), fuel optimization policies and recyclable packaging.

Purolator will also promote the Games with uniquely decorated trucks and by placing the Official Supplier logo on packaging.

The Vancouver 2010 mascots, Miga, Quatchi and Sumi, will also rely on Purolator’s network to them from province to province. The courier’s Calgary, Toronto and Montreal depots will serve as temporary homes for the mascots over the next two years as they fulfill their commitments as ambassadors of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.