Third Ribbon Cutting Celebration for OnTrac in 2017 Marks Expansion in the Northwest

VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 25, 2017 -- OnTrac, a logistics company specializing in contracting small parcel shipping services in the Western United States, has celebrated their third ribbon cutting event in only four months. The Vancouver facility was built from the ground up and doubled in size from the previous facility. With over 160,000 square feet and roughly 60 employees, it is the largest presence OnTrac has had in the Northwest so far.

Ribbon cutting ceremony and confetti celebration From left to right: OnTrac Vancouver General Manager Tony Franz, Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce CEO John McDonagh, and OnTrac Regional Sales Manager Joyce Tucker.

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On Thursday, August 24, 2017, OnTrac employees were joined by customers, the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce, business partners and the Vancouver community for a celebration lunch, a ribbon cutting ceremony and facility tours. The new facility is located at 3665 NW 32^nd Ave., Vancouver, Washington 98660 and services the southwest Washington and Portland, Oregon area. The Vancouver facility is the second facility located in the state of Washington and is one of about 30 facilities throughout the OnTrac service region.  

OnTrac Vancouver General Manager Tony Franz says, “Vancouver is designed to be an expandable system in terms of material handling. With this facility, we’re injecting packages into four satellite facilities in Oregon and we've built for the future. We can sort the packages we have today, but have plenty of room to handle additional packages.”

At the company’s newest facility, there are 35 dock doors compared to the 13 dock doors in the previous facility. In addition, 4,000 packages an hour travel through this facility and OnTrac has the potential to process 7,000 per hour once there is the need to expand. OnTrac has invested multi-million dollars since 2015 on material handling systems and engineering in order to process packages faster and minimize the time in the facility for their customers.

Facility expansion yields employee growth. With this new facility, OnTrac has grown to almost 60 employees and is still hiring today. OnTrac has over 2,700 employees company-wide working in operations and administrative positions, and a delivery network comprised of over 4,000 owner operators. As peak season approaches, OnTrac will be hiring additional sorters to manage the influx of holiday shipping. Currently at the Vancouver facility, OnTrac is hiring a total of nine part-time AM Package Handlers, a Corporate Account Manager and a full-time Hostler. For more information and to apply, please go to www.ontrac.com/careers.

About OnTrac
OnTrac specializes in delivery services throughout the eight western area states, an area that is home to over 60 million consumers. OnTrac was founded in 1991, and has grown to become a top choice for e-commerce and companies looking to speed up parcel distribution without the cost of express shipping. In 2014, OnTrac launched DirectPost, and became the first regional logistics company to offer a USPS Package Consolidation Service. OnTrac is a SmartWay Transport Partner, a USPS Workshare Partner, and is integrated with over thirty different multi-carrier software providers. OnTrac is comprised of three divisions based on service offerings; overnight, messenger, and international.  For more information on overnight services, call 800.334.5000 or visit ontrac.com. For more information on messenger services, call 888.334.5001 or visit ontracmessenger.com. For more information on international services, call 800.628.4868 or visit ontracinternational.com. 

Katrina Fox
OnTrac
602-333-4579
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