Category: UPS Press Release

Commitment to safety puts UPS at forefront of Class 8 trucking technology

UPS (NYSE:UPS), which operates one of the largest commercial trucking fleets in the country, is equipping more than 5,700 of its existing Class 8 tractors with advanced collision mitigation technology. The technology alerts drivers to moving and stationary objects in front of the tractor and moving objects surrounding the vehicle.

More than 60 percent of UPS’s Class 8 tractor fleet, or more than 11,000 vehicles, will feature collision mitigation technology once the project is complete. Every new Class 8 tractor that UPS has purchased since June 2015 includes the technology, which provides blind spot warnings, lane departure warnings, electronic stability control, and forward collision warning with automatic brake application. Driver assistance technologies complement safe driving practices.

• New $90 million operations facility to create more than 700 new jobs
  
• Package processing begins this holiday season with employment opportunities available now

UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the construction of a new package distribution facility in Aurora that will create more than 700 new jobs when fully operational. A portion of the almost 360,000 square foot building, located in the 110 acre East Park 70 industrial business park along the Interstate 70 corridor just east of Denver, is expected to begin operating this year in time for the busy holiday shipping season.

• UPS forecasts record holiday delivery of about 750 million packages
• Deliveries between Black Friday and New Year’s Eve projected to increase 5% from 2016
• 17 of 21 holiday delivery days before Christmas to exceed 30 million packages
• Investment in facilities, advanced operational and customer technologies, and seasonal hires ready UPS network to handle nearly double normal daily volume

• UPS Revenue Rises 7% on Balanced Shipment Growth and Yield Expansion
• International Operating Profit Climbs 8.9%; Currency-Neutral Profit* up 20%
• Daily Export Volume up 19% for 3rd Straight Quarter of Double-Digit Growth
• U.S. Domestic Revenue up 3.9% on Higher Package Demand and Yields
• U.S. Operating Profit of $1.2B, Including $50M of Negative Hurricane Impact
• Supply Chain & Freight Boosts Revenue more than 13%; Profits up 9.7%
• Company Lifts Bottom of Guidance Range; Expects Full-Year 2017 Adjusted Earnings Per Share of $5.85 to $6.10

• Michigan Driver Has Safely Delivered Over 5 Million Packages

• UPS To Give $25,000 Grant In His Honor To University Of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute

• Governor Rick Snyder Declares October 18, 2017 Safe Driving Awareness Day In Michigan