MSM Transportation named to elite ‘platinum club’ of 50 best managed companies

MSM Transportation has been named a Platinum Club member of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies awards program for 2006, recognizing an elite level of excellence in Canadian-owned and managed businesses.

MSM Transportation provides commercial transportation in Canada and the United States.

To become a Platinum Club member, companies must maintain their designation as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for at least six consecutive years, subject to annual operational and financial review.

MSM Transportation has qualified for the 50 Best Managed award since 1997.

MSM Transportation is a member of the MSM Group of Companies, which offers a range of commercial transportation services called Integrity Driven Solutions. MSM defines this as using

the broadest array of tools, talent, and techniques to provide reliable, on-time transportation by any mode, anywhere in North America.

“What defines MSM is our ability to understand, develop, and enhance the relationship between ourselves and our customers,” said Mike McCarron, managing partner of MSM Transportation. “This award reinforces our leadership position in the North American transportation market and plays to our strength in delivering Integrity Driven Solutions. We’re proud of our Platinum Club membership.”

The 50 Best Managed Companies award, sponsored by Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, Queen’s School of Business, and the National Post newspaper, will be presented Feb. 7, 2007.

MSM Transportation is a member of the MSM Group of Companies based in Bolton. Its commercial transportation disciplines in Canada and the United States include over-the-road trucking, contract carriage, local cartage, warehouse distribution, trailer rental, and logistics management. MSM Transportation integrates these services with its customers’ business to produce Integrity Driven Solutions: reliable, on-time commercial transportation by any mode, anywhere in North America.

Founded in 1989, the MSM Group of Companies employs more than 150 people at locations in Bolton, and the Los Angeles area, and maintains a North American network of transportation partners. To learn more, visit them at www.shipmsm.com.