Category: UPS Press Release

• New $41 million facility in El Paso, TX better connects international border location and seventh largest manufacturing hub in North America
• Over 153,000 square feet of new capacity added to UPS Smart Global Logistics Network for automotive, electronics, appliances and machinery producers
• El Paso, TX – Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MX corridor is important trade lane for cross-border commerce and features world-class manufacturing infrastructure

Service for shipping biological samples, specimens and dangerous goods in excepted quantities now available in more than 100 nations

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today announced a major expansion to its International Special Commodities (ISC) program. Customers can ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities, and shipments utilizing dry ice via UPS to more than 50 additional international destinations. This brings the total number of countries served by UPS’s dangerous goods service to more than 100.

This latest expansion is a direct response to growing demands from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories, distributors and care providers to ship specialized commodities when security, time and temperature control are a high priority.

• Recently deployed Boeing 747-8F improves time-in-transit by one day to key destinations in Middle East, a gateway to Africa & the Indian subcontinent
• Announcement follows news of UPS’s role as official logistics provider for Expo 2020 Dubai
• New flight enables greater capacity on current Europe to Middle East lane

Martinez Named Chair to Lead 84 Company Points of Light Corporate Service Council

The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced it is awarding grants totaling more than $2.4 million to non-profit organizations to encourage global volunteerism. Grants will be awarded to nine organizations, supporting initiatives including disaster preparedness and recovery, youth literacy and skills development, and veterans training

Aircraft to Support Rapid Growth in U.S. and International Air Shipments

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced it has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets and four new Boeing 767 aircraft to provide additional capacity in response to accelerating demand for the company’s air services. All of the new aircraft will be added to the existing fleet and no existing aircraft are being replaced.

The aircraft will be delivered on an expedited schedule, building on the company’s 2016 order of 14 Boeing 747-8 freighters. All 32 of the jets will be delivered by the end of 2022, adding more than 9 million pounds of cargo capacity. UPS’s global airline network includes more than 500 owned and leased aircraft. UPS received three new 747-8 freighters in 2017.