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. As of 2021, TQL is the largest private company in greater

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''. TQL is the world's 19th largest third-party logistics provider (3PL) that provides global transportation services including full truckload (FTL), less-than-truckload (LTL), intermodal, warehousing, drayage, drop trailer, oversize/overweight, Mexico cross-border, customs, Canada cross-border, hazmat, partials and other specialized logistic services. As of 2023, TQL was ranked the second-largest freight brokerage firm in North America by ''

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'' magazine, posting $2 billion in net revenue off gross revenues of $8.8 billion. TQL has 56 offices in 26 states with more than 9,000 employees. TQL has been ranked a Greater Cincinnati Top Places to Work 12 times. This year, and in 2019 and 2020, TQL was ranked a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. The company is a five time winner of the Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials award. In February 2022, TQL and the

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, Lt. Governor

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, TQL announced the intention to create 1,000 new jobs in southwest Ohio and expand their headquarters. Also in 2022,

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ranked TQL the 19''th'' largest Global Third-Party Logistics Provider in their “Top 50 Global 3PLs” Special Report.

Supply Chain Crisis Response

In September 2020, in response to the

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pandemic, the company pledged $1 million dollars through its Moves That Matter program which covers the cost of transportation of donated freight. The company later upped the commitment to $2 million. The company received recognition from the

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for outstanding COVID-19 response. In 2021, TQL also committed to hiring over 1,000 new employees nationwide in response to the transportation demand that was caused by the pandemic. In February 2023, TQL was awarded as a finalist for the Engage for Good Halo Awards for "Emergency Crisis/Initiative" for their Moves that Matter charitable program, which moves donated goods at no cost. Other finalists were

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for Ukraine,

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, International Medical Corps and

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Headquarters Campus

In 2021, the company grew its corporate headquarters in

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with a $20 million 133,000 square foot expansion. The expansion includes the biggest American flag (30’x60’) and tallest flagpole (160’) in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. In December 2022, the company broke ground on a headquarters expansion, which is expected to open in summer of 2024.

Sponsorships

In 2021, the company announced stadium naming rights for

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, the home of

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. In 2023, TQL announced a contribution and partnership with

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athletics.

References

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