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1935 Bought Bins Transfer & Storage and changed the name to Schneider Transport & Storage. Moved offices to a building once used as a stable.
1939 Schneider Transport & Storage is incorporated in Nevada.
1944 Schneider discontinued storing household goods, although Storage wasn't dropped from the name until the 1960s.
1958 Schneider was granted its first interstate authority by the ICC. The first shipment was for Procter and Gamble (P&G) from their plant in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to another P&G facility in Cheboygan, Michigan.
1961 Don Schneider, Al's oldest son, joined the firm as manager, bringing the office staff to five.
1962 Schneider Transport logo is adopted.
1964 Schneider Transport merged with Packer City Transport.
1968 Merged with Garrison Transport and added to Schneider's Operating Authority.
1969 Purchased Kampo Transit, a 50-truck regional milk and fuel oil hauler.
1970 Milestone grant of authority from the ICC to haul paper and paper products. Paper remains a significant part of the Schneider portfolio.
1971 Purchased TransNational Truck (TNT), Amarillo, Texas. Departing from previous practice of incorporating all acquisitions into Schneider Transport, TNT remained a separate business unit.
1974 Purchased National Refrigerated Transport (NRT), Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1975 Installed a state-of-the-art computerized control system. Move was light-years ahead of system employed by the competition. Employed the first field sales representative.
1976 Teamsters called a wildcat strike on Schneider Transport. Tanker trailers added to the fleet, creating Schneider Bulk Carriers. The holding company, Schneider National, Inc., is formed.
1977 The first bulk fuel site was installed at the Wise Garage in Dayton, Ohio. Christianson Oil was purchased to provide sufficient fuel of the appropriate quality.
1979 The second OPEC fuel crisis caused gas rationing and fuel shortages. Schneider Transport responded with a national MPG campaign through the Schneider Fuel School, teaching 2,000 drivers to drive 55 MPH and conserve fuel.
1980 Congress passes the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which provides for sweeping deregulation of the trucking industry.
1981 ICC granted Schneider 49-state authority to carry all commodities except explosives and bulk.
1982 To leverage the long-distance network needed for the growing number of drivers, Schneider formed Schneider Communications to provide long-distance telephone service to customers in the Midwest.
1983 Schneider Family Fitness Event initiated in Green Bay. Founder, Al Schneider, dies.
1984 Purchased International Transport, Inc. of Rochester, Minnesota, the largest flatbed and heavy haul products company.
1985 Schneider National Carriers (SNC) is formed by joining all of the separate business units purchased through the '70s and '80s. SNC is non-union, but Schneider Transport remains a union carrier under agreement with the Teamsters.
1986 Schneider is the first carrier to install two-way satellite communication system in all 6,000 over-the-road trucks. First EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) transactions.
1988 Schneider Moving & Storage is sold.
1989 Schneider National Carriers obtained authority to haul in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, and Quebec.
1990 International Transport is changed to Schneider Specialized Carriers.
1992 $1 billion in annual revenue hit for the first time. Corporate Headquarters moved to the Customer Service and Corporate Business Center on South Packerland.
1993 Schneider Logistics, Inc. is created.
1994 Schneider Logistics awarded the General Motors Service Parts Operation contract. This is the largest logistics contract ever awarded.
1995 Schneider Communications sold to Frontier Communications. Schneider Dedicated Operations converted Kimberly Clark private fleet in the largest-ever dedicated fleet conversion.
1996 Surpassed $2 billion in annual revenue.
1998 Purchased Highway Carrier Corporation, Builders Transport, and Landstar Poole.
2000 Purchased Tranzact Freight Payment Service.
2004 Surpassed $3 billion in annual revenue.
2005 Schneider Logistics acquired American Port Services.
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