Phone (630) 739-6760
Our goal ... to provide services that will conform to, or exceed, our clients’ expectations
Bedford Motor Service was founded in 1984, and is also owned by Ed and John Borkowski. Bedford is a local carrier which services Illinois and it's neighboring states on a daily basis. All of our trucks are radio dispatched and our straight trucks are equipped with lift gates. Starting with only four trucks in 1984 to service our warehouse customers, today we are operating 40 power units and 200 trailers. In order to improve economies for our shippers, most of our trailers are 48' and 53' in length.
Logistics Resources, Inc. is a contract labor and management company that was started in 1997, to manage the warehouse and customer service operations for Donnelley Logistics Services. LRI provides warehouse hourly, clerical hourly, and salaried supervision and management to the DLS operations in both Bolingbrook, IL and York, PA. The mission of LRI is to provide quality customer service, increase productivity, while decreasing our customers' costs. We can do this by managing a successful operation, while keeping our staff motivated and productive.
In October, 1999, Midwest Warehouse formed a partnership alliance and began Midwest Converting. The converting operation is located in our 6634 West 68th Street, Bedford Park, facility. We provide superior slitting, sheeting, trimming, and conditioning services. We are currently operating two slitters, two sheeters, and one trimmer two shifts per day, seven days per week.
In late 2000, Midwest Warehouse and Absolute Logistics, a non-asset based logistics company in Denver, CO., joined forces to form Mountain States Logistics, Inc. We are jointly operating a 70,000 sq ft distribution center, located in Aurora, CO. The facility is rail served by the Union Pacific railroad, has 10 truck dock doors and a 5 door rail siding. Our customers' inventory is managed by the Maves Warehouse Management and Logistics System, this is state of the art, and real time information. We have also installed Radio Frequency, bar code scanning and EDI to assist in the facilitation of real time inventory flow for our customers. Our transportation department and operations department stay in close communication to provide low cost transportation services, including freight consolidation to our customers.