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Purolator

Purolator
Trucking Company

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A Canadian trucking company founded in 1960 as Trans Canada Couriers. It acquired the Purolator name in 1967 when it was acquired by the American Purolator brand of filters, and retained the name after being sold back to Canadian ownership in 1987.

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History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Purolator Inc. page on 3 August 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Purolator Inc. is a Canadian courier that is 91% owned by Canada Post, 7% owned by Rainmaker Investments Ltd. and 2% by others.

The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967, it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters Purolator of Fayetteville, North Carolina (founded as Motor Improvements Incorporated in 1923)—the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later". In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has had no connection with the oil filter business since that time.

Purolator has partnered with UPS for deliveries outside of Canada.

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Article Index

Date	Article	Author/Source
28 February 2003	Purolator Courier Honors GEOCOMtms with their Technology Supplier Award	Purolator

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