who were employed prior to the recession.
Four facilities exist within a short drive of
each other in Illinois and one more is in Las
Vegas that services RJW’s trade show
operation.
The company expects to take occupancy of
a 200,000-square- foot bui lding in
Bolingbrook later this year to replace an
existing 100,000-square-foot facility, and
Williamson is aiming at having the entire
Illinois operation under one 600,000-to-1
million square foot roof when all existing
leases end in2018.
The RJW fleet has 167 trucks (including
owner/operators) and 350 trailers, and its
efficiencies were boosted with the addition
of Rand McNally-powered electronic logs
in April. The dual-purpose aims were to
maintain compl iance with fuel-tax
reporting regulations as well as increasing
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