ABF Freight Adds Offices in Asia

ABF Freight System Inc. on Monday announced it had opened offices in Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, the Philippines, India and Sri Lanka. The locations are in addition to ABF offices in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, ABF said in a news release. ABF is the largest subsidiary of transport company Arkansas Best Corp. of Fort Smith (Nasdaq: ABSF) ABF said the offices were opened to provide “seamless, single-contact supply chain solutions for customers importing from Asian manufacturing centers.” “ABF’s expanding portfolio of logistics services now extends from the Asian manufacturer’s floor to domestic door delivery. In between, customers benefit from a single point of contact and total end-to-end supply chain visibility,” Roy Slagle, ABF senior vice president of sales and marketing, said in the release.

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