Latest archived mark · 2016
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Latest archived mark · 1947
A-P-A Transport Corp.
Explore full logo history →| What we compare | ABF Freight System | A-P-A Transport Corp. |
|---|---|---|
| Country in archive | United States | United States |
| Founded | 1923 | 1947 |
| Founder | Unknown | Arthur Imperatore Sr. |
| Headquarters | Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States | North Bergen, New Jersey, United States |
| Name origin | ABF stands for Arkansas Best Freight, from the 1957 merger of Arkansas Motor Freight and Best Motor Freight into Arkansas-Best Freight System Inc. The company was renamed ABF Freight System in 1980. | The Imperatore brothers began as Imperatore Bros. Moving and Trucking in 1947, then bought the name and two trucks of A&P Trucking Corp. After legal wrangling with the A&P grocery chain in the 1950s, they added a trailing A to make A-P-A. |
| Highlights | Less-than-truckload freight | — |
| Earliest archived brand logo | 1923 | 1947 |
| Latest archived logo | 2016 | 1947 |
| Archived logo assets | 4 | 1 |
Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.
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