Facility Engineered to Provide Maintenance on Natural Gas Vehicles
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Ryder
System, Inc. (NYSE:R), a leader in commercial
fleet management and supply
chain solutions, announced the grand opening of a new maintenance
facility in California. The facility, conveniently located in Santa Fe
Springs, Calif., is positioned inside one of the Gateway Cities of
southeast Los Angeles County and provides commercial natural gas and
diesel vehicle maintenance for Ryder full
service lease and rental
customers, mobile maintenance, and a 20-minute rental service guarantee.
With the growing presence of natural gas vehicles in the region, Ryder
has engineered the facility to meet the compliance standards to provide
natural gas vehicle maintenance. The facility will feature a full
service rental counter for businesses that are in need of a commercial
vehicle. On-site diesel fueling will also be available at the location
for Ryder customers. A grand opening event was held at the facility that
featured a ribbon cutting ceremony, tours of the facility and, Ryder
natural gas vehicle demonstrations.
From left to right: Ryder VP of Sales, Alex Madrinkian, Santa Fe Springs City Manager, Thaddeus McCormack, Ryder Senior Vice President and Chief of Operations, Tom Havens, Santa Fe Springs City Councilmember, Jay Sarno, Ryder VP of Operations, Bryce B. Kinsley, and Ryder VP of Supply Management and Global Fuel Products, Scott Perry. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Ryder is continuing to see growth and expansion across North America,
as more businesses understand the value of outsourcing their fleet
management to Ryder,” said Ryder President of Global Fleet Management
Solutions, Dennis Cooke. “We are happy to provide our customers in the
Los Angeles County area with state-of-the-art diesel and natural gas
vehicle maintenance services, expert technicians, and a wide selection
of the latest commercial rental vehicles.”
Located on 13630 Firestone Blvd., Ryder’s Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
facility is open Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. for
vehicle maintenance and on Saturdays from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. For
additional information about the new location and its services, please
call 562-921-7778.
Ryder full service lease is a customized transportation solution that
provides businesses with commercial vehicles supported with
comprehensive maintenance and a variety of complementary services, such
as emergency roadside assistance, fueling, equipment evaluations and
specification, fleet management reporting tools, administrative support,
and driver safety programs. Ryder commercial rental provides customers
with rental trucks on a short-term basis to meet their needs for
supplemental capacity. Ryder’s Maintenance solutions enables customers
to access the Company’s extensive network of facilities and technicians
to maintain their truck fleets.
Ryder is the leader in natural gas vehicle solutions for the commercial
transportation industry, with more than 30 million miles of experience,
14 natural gas vehicle maintenance facilities, and 1,134 natural gas
vehicle trained technicians. Ryder has initiated deployment of
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles
into the fleets of Ryder customers in California, New York, Michigan,
Texas, Arizona, Utah, Maryland, Georgia and Louisiana, as well as in
Canada. The Company operates Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG)
fuel stations at its Fontana and Orange, Calif., service locations.
Ryder also offers LNG fueling at its Fulton, Ga. maintenance facility.
Since deploying its natural gas vehicle program in 2011, Ryder has
replaced approximately 4.6 million gallons of diesel fuel with lower
emission domestically produced natural gas. Customers can tap into
Ryder's extensive knowledge of natural gas and rapidly evolving
alternative fuels maintenance network, along with its highly trained and
experienced technicians, to ensure the safe operation, maintenance, and
fueling of natural gas vehicles. Ryder’s alternative fuels sales team
can also help businesses determine which vehicle configurations work
best for their specific applications. Ryder is also able to leverage its
buying power knowledge of emerging fleet technologies and government
rebates and tax incentive programs to help reduce natural gas vehicle
costs for customers and offer more competitive lease and rental rates.
The Company actively monitors public and private incentive programs
throughout the U.S. and Canada to leverage those areas that offer
incentives.
About Ryder
Ryder is a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management and supply chain
solutions company. Ryder’s stock (NYSE:R) is a component of the Dow
Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Inbound
Logistics magazine has included Ryder in its “Green Partners”
listing for five years in a row. Ryder is a charter member of the NGV
Fleet Forum and a member of the Department of Energy’s National Clean
Fleets partnership. Ryder is also a recipient of the 2011 NGV
Achievement Award. A member of the American Red Cross Disaster Responder
Program, Ryder is proud to support national and local disaster
preparedness and response efforts. For more information, visit www.ryder.com
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Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements
and information included in this news release are
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Federal Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are
subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Accordingly,
these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration
given to the many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results and events to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements including those risks set forth in our
periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. New
risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for management
to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks
on our business. Accordingly, we undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Source: Ryder System, Inc.