a service of xpo logistics industry intermodal headquarters divisional headquarters dublin ohio usa key people paul v. smith president intermodal services services domestic intermodal cross border mexico intermodal drayage website www.pacer.com a portion of a double stack container train operated by union pacific railroad the containers are owned by pacer stacktrain the well cars by dttx . pacer international is the former name of a major north american provider of intermodal services now owned by xpo logistics nyse xpo . the business is an asset light transportation logistics provider which markets its services under the brand xpo logistics . in mexico services are provided under the brand pacer an xpo logistics company . with the acquisition of pacer international on march 31 2014 xpo logistics became the third largest provider of intermodal services in north america and the largest provider of cross border mexico intermodal . the business facilitates one of the most comprehensive double stack intermodal networks in north america with access to more than 60 000 miles of rail routes and a nationwide relationships with independent truck drayage carriers . the former pacer operations have been integrated into the xpo logistics service offering which includes truck brokerage intermodal ground and air expedite last mile logistics contract logistics freight forwarding less than truckload brokerage and managed transportation . contents 1 company history 2 operating structure 3 awards and recognition 4 references 5 external links company history edit 1984 don orris leads the development of the first cost effective double stack rail network service an innovation that led to a major change in the movement of domestic goods within the united states mexico and canada . orris would go on to found pacer international . 1997 don orris chairman and ceo founds pacer international when he begins acquiring the 14 small to medium sized companies in transportation third party logistics intermodal marketing drayage and ocean transportation . 1999 pacer acquires apl stacktrain and operates the new business unit as pacer stacktrain . 2001 pacer consolidates its transportation and logistics brokerage services in its subsidiary pacer global logistics . this unit was renamed pacer transportation solutions in 2008 . 2002 pacer becomes a public company nasdaq pacr . 2006 michael e. uremovich is appointed chairman and ceo . 2008 pacer s intermodal network doubles in size with the addition of bnsf service routes . 1 pacer begins expansion of its truck brokerage and highway services units . 2009 daniel w. avramovich is appointed chairman and ceo . 2 2014 on march 31 xpo logistics completed the acquisition of pacer international . 3 paul smith was subsequently appointed as president intermodal operations . operating structure edit the former pacer intemodal operations are part of the xpo logistics freight brokerage business segment . awards and recognition edit 4 2008 pacer transportation solutions inc. intermodal carrier of the year conagra foods inc. 2007 pacer global logistics top 100 third party logistics providers inbound logistics magazine 2008 pacer international inc. top 50 freight transportation firms transport topics magazine 2006 2005 2004 and 1999 pacer stacktrain quest for quality gold medal logistics management magazine 2007 2006 and 2005 pacer international inc. best 400 big companies in america forbes magazine 2006 pacer transport quest for quality gold medal logistics management magazine 2007 pacer distribution services 100 great supply chain partners global logistics & supply chain strategies magazine 2006 pacer international inc. supply chain provider of the year j.c. penney company inc 5 references edit pacer bnsf expand intermodal service . retrieved 2009 01 22 . pacer ceo to retire coo tapped as replacement . 2009 12 15 . retrieved 2009 12 16 . xpo logistics completes acquisition of pacer international press release . xpo logistics . april 1 2014 . retrieved august 18 2014 . awards & recognition . retrieved 2009 01 22 . award to pacer international ; reliable logistics is strategic asset retailer says . retrieved 2009 03 19 . external links edit companies portal san francisco bay area portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pacer international & oldid 721293321 categories companies based in contra costa county californiacompanies formerly listed on nasdaqtransportation companies of the united stateshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 may 2016 at 21 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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