founded 1970 headquarters springfield missouri united states key people robert e. low president and founder website https www.primeinc.com prime inc. is a trucking company which was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in springfield missouri . the company operates three divisions ; flatbed refrigerated and tanker . it is the second largest refrigerated carrier operating in the united states . 1 prime inc. is the 28th largest trucking company in the united states based on revenue . 2 operations edit the company has operations in the united states canada and mexico . one program the company offers known as prime logistics provides customers the opportunity to form a relationship with the carrier while reducing overhead and paperwork . 3 as of january 2011 the company consists of over 4 100 leased and company owned tractors ; over 5 800 refrigerated trailers ; and more than 950 flatbed and 250 tanker trailers . 4 the majority of the tractors owned by prime inc. are freightliner trucks peterbilt and navistar international . another program the company offers is paid commercial driver s license training . 5 driver programs edit an award known as the millionaires program was created by the carrier to recognize drivers who have driven at least one million miles without a preventable accident . 6 the gold level is awarded to drivers who have obtained all their accident free miles while at prime inc. the silver level is given to those who have accrued one million accident free miles in their driving career with some of those miles coming while driving for prime inc. additionally two and three million miles programs are also in place . references edit the road to recovery pdf . transport topics . 2010 . p. 24 . retrieved march 15 2016 . revenues by truck injuries accessed on january 1 2008 . prime logistics by prime inc. accessed on january 1 2011 . fleet by prime inc january 2011 . cdl training by prime inc. january 2011 . millionaires program by prime inc. accessed on 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