Pony Express Delivery Adds Western Courier

TEST Pony Express Delivery Services, Atlanta, expanded its business to seven states in the West and Southwest with the purchase of Courier Express of Los Angeles.

Courier Express now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary, with Pony Express chief Richard Williams serving as president of both companies.

Mr. Williams said the two companies are “similar in their delivery structures, allowing us to take advantage of the networks presently established.”

The acquisition added 32 offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Pony Express provides same-day and next-day package delivery service to businesses.

It handles more than 28 million packages annually through a network of 143 offices in 35 states.

Pony Express was spun off from Borg-Warner Security Corp. in June (TT, 6-8-98, p. 2).