AmeriQuest Transportation Services, Led by President and CEO Douglas Clark, Among Philadelphia-Area's Fast-Growing Companies

    CHERRY HILL, NJ, January 12, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- AmeriQuest Transportation Services headquartered in Cherry Hill, NJ - a transportation services company providing comprehensive resources to trucking fleets throughout North America - was honored by SmartCEO magazine for its years of steady growth, even "through the heart of the recession."

Each year, SmartCEO names its list of "Future 50" companies that have shown consistent and noteworthy growth over a three-year period. The program salutes as "Blue Chip Winners" those corporations which have generated in excess of $200 million in annual revenues. AmeriQuest reported revenues exceeding $400 million in 2010.

"We have acquired a number of companies since 2004, with our technology platform serving as the centerpiece of our growth strategy. These initiatives have been true to our core mission when the company was founded in 1997 to reduce costs for our client portfolio," said Douglas Clark, founder of AmeriQuest. "We intend to take the company public and have established reporting and communication capability that adheres to our concept of total transparency and collaboration."

AmeriQuest's services are designed to help companies that own, operate, or outsource trucking and logistics save money, increase productivity, and maximize the value of transportation assets. It represents more than 700,000 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada which benefit from its group buying power and its full menu of consultative services. AmeriQuest counts more than 1,500 private fleets and truckload carriers as customers.

AmeriQuest has been recognized for nearly a decade for its phenomenal growth. It is a six-time winner of the Inc. 500/5000 fastest-growing private companies awards, while Philadelphia Business Journal's Fastest Growing Companies in South Jersey list honored it seven times. NJBIZ, New Jersey's statewide business newspaper, included it on its Top 100 list of largest privately-held companies for three years. In 2009, the same publication placed AmeriQuest at the top of the list of fastest-growing New Jersey companies. President and CEO Clark earned the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year recognition in the Service Category for his accomplishments establishing and growing the company.

More information on AmeriQuest Transportation Services can be found at www.ameriquestcorp.com or by calling 800-608-0809.

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