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Con-way Inc. has renamed its truckload operating unit. The division, which was formerly known as Contract Freighters Inc. (CFI), will now be called Con-way Truckload. The business unit includes more than 2,800 tractors, 8,000 trailers, and 3,500 employees. … Investment firm Hennessey Capital Southeast has formed three new companies from the assets of Nuco Express, a Tampa, Fla.-based storage and transportation company that went bankrupt. The three new companies are HenneCold Storage, BenCo Transportation, and Hennco Logistics. … Intelligrated has relocated its Southern Operations division to new offices in Alpharetta, Ga. … Schneider Electric has opened an OEM Technology and Solutions Center in Raleigh, N.C., that will provide technical and application support to developers of automation and controls equipment. … Freight forwarder and logistics solutions specialist SEKO has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland, and expanded its operations in Charlotte, N.C. The company has also opened a new office in Miami to support its growing Central and South American business. … Daifuku is acquiring Jervis B. Webb Co. Jervis B. Webb is based in Farmington Hills, Mich., and like Daifuku, is a provider of material handling systems. Webb will function as a new core business within the Daifuku Group. … Associated Material Handling Industries, which is currently based in Carol Stream, Ill., is building a new 90,000-square-foot facility in Addison, Ill. The site will serve as Associated Material Handling Industries' corporate headquarters and house its Central Division Operations.

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