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January 20, 2012 - Exaiminer.com:
Colorado's Craters & Freighters is the victor in real-world ‘Shipping Wars'
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9, 2012
CRATERS & FREIGHTERS OF DENVER
Denver’s Leading Packaging, Crating and Shipping Company Provides Shipping Services To National Western Stock Show Art Exhibit Benefiting
Local Scholarship Trust.
Denver – Craters & Freighters, the local leader in custom packaging, crating and shipping provides its services to the Western Art Exhibit and Sale at this year’s 106th annual National Western Stock Show.
“The National Western Stock Show organizes and produces several events annually to benefit the National Western Scholarship Trust, including the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale. This year, the Trust awarded 71 grants for the 2010-2011 school year. The grants range from $2500 to $6000 and are presented to students studying agriculture and medicine for practice in rural areas at colleges in Colorado and Wyoming,” according to the National Western Stock Show Website.
Craters & Freighters of Denver attends the Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale’s Red Carpet Opening Reception where hundreds of local artworks are sold as part of a silent auction to benefit the National Western Scholarship Trust. The Denver location provides local deliveries, as well as out of state crating and shipping to the buyers of the auctioned artworks. Additionally, shipping services are available for the remainder of the exhibit for any additional purchases attendees make.
“We’ve been providing our services to Stock Show attendees for about ten years now. Often times someone wants to buy a piece of artwork from the auction or exhibit but doesn’t know how they will ever get it home, and that’s where we come in. We protect the item for transit and local delivery and also provide custom packaging, crating and shipping solutions to visitors from around the country. If you have your eye on a large painting or sculpture, we can help you get it home! We are always happy to make our services available to the National Western Scholarship Trust and to be a part of the local Denver community by attending the National Western Stock show each year,” said Scott Simpson, with Craters & Freighters of Denver.
Many of the paintings are large, one-of-a-kind, and of high-value. Having an experienced shipping company handling them properly is a top priority. Once the exhibit comes to a close, Craters & Freighters of Denver will pack, crate and ship any remaining artworks back to the artists.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3, 2012
CRATERS & FREIGHTERS OF INDIANAPOLIS
Craters & Freighters Opens Indianapolis Location
Craters & Freighters, the national leader in specialty freight solutions, announced today the opening of a new franchise location in Indianapolis as a result of the area’s high demand for specialty freight handling services.
“We receive frequent calls from customers interested in specialty freight solutions either to or from Indianapolis,” said Diane Gibson, Craters & Freighters founder and president. Because of Indiana's great Central, Mid-western location and their exciting tourism trade relating to the racing industry and professional sports teams, we saw the need to provide this important market with our unique services.
Craters & Freighters provides expert packaging, crating and shipping services from locations nationwide. Unique to the transportation industry, the company engineers and builds customized shipping containers and wood crates to ensure all shipments arrive safe, damage-free and on-time. Some of the most unique, valuable and challenging shipments the company has handled include:
November 20, 2011, Golden CO - Craters & Freighters, the national leader in specialty shipping with 67 locations nationwide, has named Rick Robinson as Chief Operating Officer.
In making the announcement, Diane Gibson, founder and CEO of Craters & Freighters, said “We are very fortunate to have Rick’s extensive franchise experience now part of our team. He brings exactly the expertise we need to continue to grow our company.” Mr. Robinson, who most recently was founder and president of Services 4 Franchising, will be in charge of managing the daily operations at the company’s headquarters in Golden, Colorado and growing the company.
"There are two areas of growth Rick will focus on” said Gibson. “One is growing our network as we announced earlier this year to include an additional twenty franchise locations. The second is providing expertise to help our existing franchise owners grow their revenues.”
Before founding Services 4 Franchising, Mr. Robinson was Vice President for Franchise Development with Colors on Parade headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His experience also includes President and Managing Partner of PrintWear Express in Denver, Colorado and President and Managing Partner with Jana-King Southwest in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mr. Robinson served for three years on the Board of Directors of the International Franchise Association and has been a featured speaker at six of their annual conventions. He is also a well-known author of franchising articles published in a wide variety of national business publications.
Mr. Robinson lives in Denver, Colorado and will begin his new duties effective November 28, 2011.
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