Global Van Lines
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Global Van Lines is a transport company founded in 1933 by George T. Howard as Howard Van Lines in Dallas, Texas and took its present name in 1957 when it was acquired by Trans-Ocean Van Service of Long Beach, California.
It gained some fame in the 1960's by moving equipment for NASA.
It was acquired in 1981 by WKG Corporation of Houston, Texas, and sold to Contrans Corporation in 1985. In 1990 Global agents acquired the company, making it similar in form to a cooperative. It was acquired by Interstate Van Lines in 1998 and sold to Allied Worldwide in 2000, which became Sirva.
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| Major United States moving companies | Edit |
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| UniGroup: Mayflower - United Sirva: North American - Allied - Global Independents: Atlas - Bekins - Interstate - Red Ball - U-Pack Moving |
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