Events
1965: Smith, as a undergraduate in Yale, writes the outline for a business that could ship medicine and parts very quickly.1971: Federal Express ( Fedex) is founded in Lille Rock Arkansas.1973: FedEx relocates to Memphis, Tennessee.1977: Congress passes Public Law 95-163 that allows cargo planes to fly
with no geographic restriction on the routes.1979: FedEx releases COSMOS,
a system that manages
people, packages, vehicles, and weather scenarios in live feedback.1981: FedEx introduces overnight shipping.
TheFedEx SuperHub opens next to Memphis International Airport.1987: A four-ton water drill was shipped
to Midland, Texas to help save an 18-month old
named Jessica McClure.1990; FedEx is the first company
that wins the Malcolm Bridge quality Award
in the service department.1995: FedEx get Asia Pacific Hub2000: FedEx Ground introduces
FedEx home delivery an
inventive way for business-to-home
deliveries.2001: FedEx and U.S. Postal Service form
an alliance so FedEx is allowed to carry
U.S. Postal mail on their planes.2007: FedEx expands to India
by gaining Prakash
Air Freight Pvt. Ltd.2010: FedEx introduces the first
electric trucks in the U.S. delivery
business2014: FedEx TechConnect opens
a package laboratory to provide better customer
service.
It is
30,000 sq ft. and the facility provides free
package testing and design
services
for FedEx Express,
FedEx Ground
and FedEx Freight customers.2016: FedEx gains TNT
which upgrades the
FedEx network in Europe
and Asia.
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