PACER INTL. NAMED TO FORBES ''BEST'' LIST
CONCORD - 01/10/05 - Logistics services provider Pacer International Inc. has been named for the first time to the Forbes Magazine "Platinum 400" list.
In its January 2005 issue, Forbes said it screened 26 industries for  companies with at least $1 billion in revenues and high rankings for corporate practices as well as long- and short-term sales and earnings growth and stock market performance.
The top 400 companies made the 2005 cut - which is also known as the "Best Big Companies in America" list
The non-asset based third-party logistics company, which went public in 2002, was named to Fortune Magazine's list of the "Most Admired Companies in America" in 2004.
Pacer International's offers a number of services through its various subsidiaries and divisions including wholesale stack train, cartage, retail intermodal marketing, truck brokerage, and trucking services, as well as warehousing and distribution, international freight forwarding, and supply-chain management.
The company is headquartered in Concord, California, while its principal business units - Pacer Stacktrain and Pacer Global Logistics - are headquartered in Concord, California, and in Dublin, Ohio, respectively.
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