SCOTTSDALE - The Scottsdale Airpark headquarters of trucking company USF Bestway Inc. will close by the end of the year and lay off most of its 75 employees, company officials said Tuesday.
USF Bestway's parent company, YRC Worldwide Inc., announced that it would consolidate the Scottsdale-based division with its USF Reddaway division based in Clackamas, Ore.
The move will streamline the organization and give customers more service options, YRC said.
T.J. O'Connor, president and chief executive officer of the Scottsdale division, said Tuesday that some of the Scottsdale employees will be offered positions in Oregon as functions are transferred there throughout the year. He said it would be difficult to say how many would be offered positions, but added that the majority would not.
Functions at the Scottsdale office include customer service, finance, accounting and marketing.
O'Connor was named president and chief executive officer of the combined division. It will cover 18 states in the West and Southwest, along with Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
USF Bestway last month sold the office, which has been in the Perimeter Center since 1999, to Cachet Homes for $12.2 million. O'Connor said the deal was unrelated to the consolidation, and USF Bestway is leasing the space from Cachet.
YRC Worldwide, based in Overland Park, Kan., is a trucking and transportation company whose best-known brands are Yellow Transportation and Roadway. It acquired Chicago-based USF Inc. in 2005 and has been restructuring since then.
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