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Old Dominion Opens Brownsburg Service Center

Facility will allow for greater coverage of Indianapolis area

BROWNSBURG, Ind. (May 17, 2016) — Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. hosted an official opening for its newest service center, a 63-door facility located at 1120 E. Northfield Drive in Brownsburg, IN 46112.

The Brownsburg Service Center, strategically located near Interstates 74, 65 and 70 expands Old Dominion's footprint in the Indianapolis area with 380 doors and over 600 employees.


The Thomasville, N.C.-based less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, has five service centers in Indiana. Locations include Brownsburg, Indianapolis, Evansville, South Bend and Fort Wayne.

"With nearly 80 employees, the opening of this 18-acre service center will allow Old Dominion to continue to provide the premium service our customers have come to expect," said Mark Cox, Brownsburg service center manager for Old Dominion. "OD is committed to this area and helping the community grow."

Old Dominion purchased and remodeled the Brownsburg state-of-the-art facility. The service center will provide the space and resources necessary to increase capacity, grow business and hire more employees. This location allows for even more growth and the ability to add 50 more doors in the future.

The Brownsburg Service Center serves a number of cities in the area, including Lafayette, Anderson, Lebanon, Brownsburg and Crawfordsville.

For more information about Old Dominion, visit www.odfl.com or call (800) 432-6335. On Twitter: @ODFL_Inc and Facebook: Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.


About Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODFL) is a leading, less-than-truckload ("LTL"), union-free company providing premium service to all its customers. OD offers regional, inter-regional and national LTL service. In addition to its core LTL services, the company offers its customers a broad range of logistics services including ground and air expedited transportation, supply chain consulting, transportation management, truckload brokerage, container delivery and warehousing. In addition, Old Dominion offers a consumer product for household moving: OD Household Services. Through strategic partnerships, the Company also offers international freight forwarding services throughout the world. Old Dominion's claims ratio and on-time record are among the best in the industry. For more than 80 years, Old Dominion has been helping the world keep promises.

Recently, Old Dominion was recognized with the following acknowledgements for company leadership in the industry:

• NASSTRAC honored the company as 2016 Multi-Regional LTL Carrier of the Year for the fourth consecutive year.
• Forbes Magazine named Old Dominion one of America's Best Employers in 2015
• Fortune named CEO David Congdon to its 2015 Businessperson of the Year list.
• For the sixth consecutive year, Logistics Management honored OD with its Quest for Quality Award.
• The ATA Transportation Security Council awarded OD with its 2015 Excellence in Claims and Loss Prevention Award for the third consecutive year.
• Mastio & Company ranked Old Dominion as No. 1 National LTL carrier for the sixth consecutive year.
• 2015 SmartWay Excellence Award winner.
• Inbound Logistics magazine recognized Old Dominion as a 2015 Top 100 Trucker and named the company to its 75 Green Supply Chain Partners (G75) List for the fifth consecutive year.
• Commercial Carrier Journal ranked OD No. 10 on the 2015 Top 250 Carriers list.
• SupplyChainBrain named ODFL in its 2015 "100 Great Supply Chain Partners" listing.
• Forbes Magazine named Old Dominion as one of America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies for three consecutive years.

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