Officials said the decision to close the facility was made after analyzing significant redundancies that exist between UPS and Menlo Worldwide Forwarding.
Officials said that by integrating the Dayton operations with UPS' existing air networks, the company will be able to provide better and faster service to heavy freight customers while improving efficiency.
The company said it wants to use its own planes to transport heavy packages. Currently, UPS leases space for heavy freight on other airplanes that fly into and out of Dayton. It doesn't want to change its routes to fly its own planes to Dayton, so it will build a new sorting facility at an existing hub.
The hub operation is expected to be moved to another UPS hub in one of six cities.
Dayton's heavy freight operation will be co-located with one of UPS's six other package hubs in Rockford, Ill.; Hartford, Conn.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Columbia, S.C.; Dallas, Tx.; or Ontario, Calif.
The company understands that close to 1,400 jobs will be affected and will work to make the transition easy for those involved. Officials said severance packages will be offered to employees that will be affected by the closure. They said severance will be based on years of service and position within the company.
The company said that customers currently serviced out of the Dayton facility will continue to receive reliable service from UPS.
Emery To Menlo to UPS To Gone:
1981 -- Emery Airfreight opens North American Sortation Center at Dayton International Airport. Processed 900,000 pounds of freight. There were 350 employees.
1989 -- C.F. Inc. buys Emery Airfreight, renaming it Emery Worldwide. The sorting hub processes 300 million pounds of freight.
1990 -- Emery Worldwide Airlines headquarters moved from California to Dayton, bringing 600 more jobs.
1996 -- 100,000-square-foot logistics complex opened, bringing employment up to 2,126. Processed 1.1 million pounds of freight.
1998 -- Processed 1.2 million pounds of freight with 4,207 employees. Total payroll was $160 million. At its height the operations included six miles of conveyor belts; 80 flights moved 3.5 million pounds a day.
Feb. 16, 2000 -- Emery Flight 17 crashes in Sacramento, Calil., killing all three crew members.
2001 -- Emery grounds its airline in face of an FAA investigation into its cargo operations after a cargo plane crashed in California.
October 2004 -- CNF sells its air business, now called Menlo Forwarding to UPS.
Feb. 24, 2006 -- UPS announces it is shutting down its Dayton sorting hub.
Information courtesy of Dayton Daily News
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