citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message allied van lines type private agent owned industry moving and storage founded 1928 headquarters oakbrook terrace illinois u.s. key people wes w. lucas president & ceo parent sirva website www.allied.com allied van lines is an american moving company founded in 1928 as a cooperative non profit organization owned by its member agents on the east coast of the united states to help with organizing return loads and minimizing dead heading i.e. operating trucks without shipments loaded on them . in 1968 it was reorganzied as a standard public company with shares . in 1999 it merged with its larger competitor north american van lines and the combined entity then came under the holding company allied worldwide . in 2002 allied worldwide was renamed sirva . contents 1 history 1.1 allied worldwide 1.2 sirva inc. 2 references 3 external links history edit allied worldwide edit on january 12 1998 navl was bought out from norfolk southern corporation nyse nsc by the private investment firm clayton dubilier & rice for more than us 200 million . 1 on november 21 1999 clayton dubilier and rice also completed their acquisition of allied van lines and merged it with north american van lines to create allied worldwide although each former company maintained its own profile names . valued at approximately us 450 million in the merger the allied worldwide combined entity became the world s largest relocation and van line logistics company 1 the decade of the 2000s saw major internationalization as the merged company reached far away from north america beginning operations in other continents such as europe and south america . sirva inc. edit on february 11 2002 allied worldwide was renamed as sirva inc. 1 sirva inc. formerly allied worldwide based in westmont illinois 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