. fedex ground type subsidiary industry transportation founded 1985 as rps ; merged with federal express in 1998 rebranded as fedex ground in 2000 headquarters moon township pennsylvania key people henry maier president and ceo products delivery revenue usd 9.6 billion fy2012 number of employees more than 65 000 employees and independent contractors june 2010 parent fedex corporation website website fedex ground is a shipping company that is a subsidiary of the fedex corporation . it is headquartered in moon township pennsylvania a suburb of pittsburgh . originally conceived as a lower cost competitor to ups roadway package system rps was created to take advantage of new barcode material handling and computer technologies . contents 1 history 2 fedex smartpost 2.1 fedex smartpost hub locations 3 references 4 external links history edit after beginning service on march 11 1985 the company grew expanding service from its initial coverage of the mid atlantic states so much so that it eventually became the largest subsidiary of its parent company akron based roadway services . by 1996 rps had achieved 100 % coverage of the united states and canada . in addition roadway services had been reformed as a new holding company called caliber system inc. in 1997 fred smith founder of fedex contacted dan sullivan co founder of rps and now president of caliber systems inc. about merging the two companies . 1 in 2000 fedex merged the caliber system inc. operating companies into the fedex organization with robert s express becoming fedex custom critical and rps becoming fedex ground . viking freight which initially operated under its original name was re branded fedex freight in 2001 . fedex ground now provides 1 5 day delivery of small packages to all 50 states plus canada . ground also delivered to puerto rico but this service was discontinued in 2009 . the subsidiary also offers a specialty service known as fedex home delivery which coupled with ground serves all home addresses in the united states . fedex smartpost edit this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message fedex smartpost logo fedex purchased the parcel consolidator parcel direct in september 2004 from quad graphics . this fedex ground subsidiary was re branded as fedex smartpost in october 2004 . fedex smartpost uses fedex for the journey and uses the us postal service for final delivery to residences . 2 pickups are completed by two different groups within fedex ground based on expected volume fedex ground contractors pick up packages for smart post small shipper clients and transfer these packages to smartpost within the fedex ground hubs fedex smartpost trailers pick up packages for smart post large shipper clients and move the packages within the fedex smartpost network directly . the resulting service is one that is less expensive than fedex ground but more expensive than regular mail and generally takes two to four days longer than standard fedex ground shipping with tracking information but without a guarantee of service . 3 fedex smartpost hub locations edit fedex smartpost is headquartered in new berlin wisconsin united states and operates 26 hubs throughout the us 4 phoenix az chino ca reno nv los angeles commerce ca sacramento ca denver aurora co orlando fl atlanta ellenwood ga indianapolis in kansas city olathe ks northborough ma detroit belleville mi minneapolis maple grove mn st. louis earth city mo charlotte nc edison nj grove city oh allentown pa pittsburgh clinton pa memphis tn southaven ms dallas tx houston tx salt lake city ut seattle kent wa new berlin wi main hub & headquarters martinsburg wv references edit fedex ground truck delivering the goods fedex smartpost smartpost smartpost shipping parcel magazine april 2010 carrier consolidation services an inside guide to ups basic & fedex smartpost fedex smartpost network companies portal pittsburgh portal external links edit official website v t e fedex corporation established 1971 founder frederick w. smith subsidiaries express ground freight custom critical office trade networks supply chain corporate services techconnect smartpost air hubs memphis indianapolis anchorage oakland newark fort worth miami paris kansai guangzhou cologne toronto related flying tiger line american freightways asia airfreight fedex institute of technology kiac fedex field fedex forum fedex racing zapmail cast away annual revenue 34.7 billion usd 2010 employees 290 000 2010 stock symbol fdx website fedex.com products freight forwarding services logistics services v t e pittsburgh corporations within the pittsburgh metro area fortune 500 headquarters u.s. steel pnc financial services ppg industries kraft heinz mylan wesco international consol energy dick s sporting goods allegheny technologies forbes largest private companies headquarters 84 lumber giant eagle other corporation headquarters american bridge american eagle outfitters ampco pittsburgh ansys armstrong communications atlas america bruster s ice cream calgon carbon chemadvisor college prowler compunetix dollar bank dqe energy eat n park edmc eqt energy federated investors gnc guru.com highmark h. laughlin china igate ii vi incorporated iron city brewing company kennametal koppers marc usa millcraft industries mine safety appliances niche.com oxford development ptc alliance rue21 university of pittsburgh medical center vocelli pizza wabtec companies with split headquarters alcoa modcloth nova chemicals subsidiary company headquarters allegheny energy bayer usa fedex ground glaxosmithkline usa lanxess respironics vivisimo westinghouse electric company outside companies with strong pittsburgh relations bny mellon formerly mellon financial dreyfus corporation eaton corporation 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