Toll IPEC
Toll IPEC is a major national logistics company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with operations in major capital and regional cities and towns around Australia. Toll IPEC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toll Holdings.
History
IPEC began operations in Adelaide and Melbourne in early 1955 as Interstate Parcel Express Company. IPEC pioneered the road linehaul and overnight freight industry as we know it in Australia by sending a vehicle from each depot, meeting half way to swap freight and returning to their origins for the morning delivery runs.[1] After this route was successful, new routes were opened between major capital cities over the ensuing years, employing similar founding principles, expanding throughout the country.
IPEC was purchased from Mayne Nickless in 1998 by Toll Holdings and renamed Toll IPEC.
Timeline
- 1955 First parcel delivered
- 1956 Express service expanded to include Sydney
- 1958 Express service expanded to include Brisbane (premises established at Moorooka)
- 1960 IPEC moved Sydney operations from Bankstown to Chullora
- 1961 Perth branch opened at Dianella
- 1962 National Telex link between depots introduced
- 1962 IPEC and Rex Overnight Parcel Express merged
- 1962 New yellow and black livery introduced
- 1962 Rex opened in Hobart
- 1963 Depot established at Launceston
- 1963 Inauguration of IPEC-AIR service between Melbourne and Tasmania
- 1964 Melbourne office moved to new premises at Hope Street, Brunswick
- 1964 IPEC moved into new Adelaide head office and depot at Frewville
- 1965 Canberra depot opened
- 1965 New service to Gold Coast introduced
- 1966 New IPEC depot opened at Launceston Airport
- 1966 Inauguration of IPEC Newell Express service
- 1966 Overnight road-air Bristol Freighter service (Melbourne-Brisbane via Cowra) launched
- 1967 New Brisbane depot opened at Salisbury
- 1967 IPEC purchased first MAN trucks
- 1968 IPEC Highway Patrol cars introduced
- 1968 IPEC expanded into the furniture removal business with the acquisition of W.H.A. Clues
- 1968 Second Sydney depot opened at Mandible Street, Alexandria
- 1968 Newcastle depot moved to new premises
- 1968 Hobart depot moved to new premises
- 1969 IPEC Removals took over Philliphoffs in WA and Broughton Cornish in Tasmania
- 1969 Removals depots opened in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra
- 1970 IPEC took over Jetaway
- 1971 IPEC took over Dart Express and Phoenix Transport
- 1972 Melbourne operations moved to new facilities on the Hume Highway at Campbellfield
- 1972 Rex Sydney depot moved from Alexandria to Parramatta Road, Flemington
- 1972 Computerisation of accounts
- 1972 Acquisition of Barlow Transport Company
- 1973 IPEC International started
- 1973 New Adelaide freight terminal established at Richmond
- 1973 New and larger premises opened at South Guildford, WA, and Newcastle, NSW
- 1974 Complement reached 800 employees, 400 vehicles
- 1974 NSW Agents appointed in Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo,Wagga, Griffith, Singleton, Tamworth
- 1974 Villawood depot opened in Sydney
- 1974 IPEC took over Tenex Transport in northern Queensland
- 1974 Removals division sold to Grace Bros.
- 1975 Tamworth depot opened
- 1975 IPEC-AIR goes national
- 1975 Gosford depot opened
- 1975 IPEC Fashion Express started
- 1975 Takeover of Trans-United Express. Name changed to Trans-United Freight
- 1975 Additional NSW country depots opened in Dubbo, Orange, Wagga, Griffith
- 1976 Jetaway Brisbane opened
- 1977 Victorian country area opened up with depots at Shepparton, Mildura, Ballarat, Bendigo, Morwell, Hamilton, Wangaratta, Bairnsdale and Mount Gambler in SA
- 1977 Takeover of All Points Express, Wollongong
- 1977 IPEC-AIR moved from Villawood to Mascot
- 1977 Campbelltown depot opened
- 1977 New IPEC depot opened at Newcastle
- 1978 Jetaway moved to new premises at Glenbarry Road, Melbourne
- 1978 IPEC-AIR commenced operating Argosy air freighters across Bass Strait
- 1978 Tenex Townsville moved to new and larger premises
- 1979 First VDUs installed in head office
- 1979 Porky's Pickups acquired and rebranded as IPEC Darwin
- 1979 Echuca depot moved to Moama
- 1979 Tiger truck designed by IPEC engineers introduced
- 1979 Coffs Harbour depot opened
- 1979 Gladstone depot opened
- 1979 IPEC Fashion Express introduced in New Zealand
- 1979 Midnight Flyer road-air service introduced
- 1979 Purchased European transport companies Gelders-Spetra International and Sdyer Transport
- 1980 Skypak takeover
- 1980 New depot, Jetaway Adelaide
- 1980 Darwin depot moved to new premises
- 1980 Jetaway opened Northern Territory service
- 1980 Lismore depot opened
- 1980 Alice Springs depot opened
- 1981 Oracle system installed in Sydney
- 1981 Ipec International commenced in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand
- 1981 On-line computers, Sydney and Melbourne
- 1981 Canberra depot moved to new premises
- 1982 On-line computer network extended to Brisbane
- 1982 Singleton depot opened
- 1982 Agreement signed for purchase of DC-9 from Inex Adaria Airline
- 1982 First IPEC DC-9 arrived in Australia
- 1982 Barlow-Jetaway amalgamation
- 1982 Inaugural DC-9 flight to Hobart
- 1982 Argosy freighters switched to mainland routes
- 1982 First DC-9 freight flight to Launceston
- 1982 TAA agreement commenced
- 1982 Closure of Jetaway
- 1983 IPEC Fashion Express International closed
- 1983 Sale of Skypak to TNT
- 1983 IPEC Europe sold to TNT
- 1983 IPEC International Sold to Mayne Nickless
- 1983 Mayne Nickless acquired 50% of IPEC
- 1984 IPEC computer system installed at Overnighters
- 1984 VDU installed in Townsville
- 1985 IPEC computer system installed at Wards Express
- 1986 Work commenced on Sydney Service Centre
- 1986 Sydney Service Centre opened
- 1986 Launch of Logistics Consulting Service
- 1986 Launch of IPEC Hi-Tech Express
- 1986 VDU network extended to Canberra
- 1986 Fliway Computer Transport purchased
- 1987 New Albury premises established
- 1987 New Mount Gambier premises established
- 1988 New Rockhampton premises established
- 1988 IPEC Transport's largest profit reported to date
- 1988 New service centre opened at Kalgoorlie, WA
- 1988 New Perth premises established
- 1988 Head office and Adelaide Service Centre combined at new premises
- 1988 Mayne Nickless purchased remaining 50% of IPEC Transport
- 1989 Purchased J.S. Transport
- 1990 Computer Aided despatched introduced
- 1990 On-line proof of delivery introduced
- 1990 Began to use pagers to advise drivers of pickups
- 1990 IPEC welcomes its new DC-9 (VH-IPC)
- 1991 IPEC first B-Double runs from Adelaide to Perth
- 1991 IPEC took over the linehaul operations for The Overnighters
- 1993 Restructure - IPEC Road Distribution incorporating IPEC and The Overnighters, Specialised Services – Air, Fashion, Hi-Tech and Metro
- 1996 Hand held barcode scanners introduced to IPEC to enable automated freight tracking
- 1997 Campbellfield closed after a prolonged industrial dispute
- 1997 Melbourne operations moved to 620 Footscray Rd, Footscray
- 1998 Toll acquired IPEC from Mayne Nickless
- 1999 Toll IPEC’s "Leading the Way" program was rolled out to introduce the new Vision, Mission and Values and the guiding principles under which the new business would grow
- 1999 Toll IPEC began to image proof of delivery and finance consignment notes through HPA
- 2000 New Brisbane depot built and commissioned at Richlands. Operations commenced in August
- 2000 Barcode scanners introduced in country regions in NSW, QLD and Victoria
- 2000 Radio Frequency barcode technology is introduced in Melbourne
- 2001 Gosford move to their new depot with Toll Express
- 2002 New depots built and commissioned in Sydney (Moorebank), Adelaide (Dry Creek) and Perth (Forrestfield)
- 2002 Barcode driven automated sortation commenced in Sydney
- 2002 National Office move from 654 Footscray Rd to a new Melbourne depot in Altona
- 2002 Toll IPEC started imaging POD’s and Finance copies in house
- 2003 Melbourne operations moved from Footscray to Altona
- 2003 Toll Parceline moves under the management of Toll IPEC
- 2004 Toll Parceline re-named Toll IPEC Local
- 2005 Toll IPEC celebrates 50 Years of Service
- 2009 Toll IPEC Gosford depot opens (Brand new depot)
- 2010 Toll IPEC Brisbane opens new depot on 19 February 2010 operational from 5 March 2010
Timeline history[2]
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