Watkins Associated Industries Inc.

Private Company, Headquarters Location
PO Box 1738, Atlanta, GA 30301-1738, United States
(404)872-3841, (404)872-2812 fax, http://www.watkins.com

Primary SIC: Trucking, Except Local, Primary NAICS: General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
Description: Transportation: Long-distance trucking. Agriculture: Shrimp processing, citrus grower. Manufacturing: Frozen seafood and doors. Finance: Holding company. More

Watkins Associated Industries Inc. is a family-owned business involved in trucking, seafood and concrete. Their trucking division, Watkins Motor Lines, provides long-haul, less-than-truckload carrier services to customers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Mexico. Other divisions within Watkins are responsible for the activities involved with shrimp processing, real estate development, door manufacturing, bridge building and citrus growing. Founded in 1932 by Bill Watkins, the company started with one truck delivering chickens and farm products. Today the trucking company is the 8th largest less-than-truckload carrier of general commodities in the United States, with 8,300 employees operating 2,500 tractors 10,500 trailers and 130 terminals. Since 1994, they have received 11 awards from Sales and Marketing Council for their web site, video presentations, truck graphics, and customer service route. Best Buy presented them with the Quality Partnership Award every year from 1994 to 1998 and the Best in Class Performance Award 1996-1997. TTX presented Watkins with the Excellence Supplier Award in 1998, 1997 and 1995. These are just a few of the awards they have attained during the past decade. Results for fiscal year ended December, 1998 report sales of $796.0 million, representing an increase of 9.8 percent over the previous year's sales. Approximately 80% of the revenues were generated by the Watkins Motor Lines company. Top competitors include CNF Transportation, Roadway Express and Yellow Corporation.