Towne Air Freight, Inc.

Towne Air Freight, Inc. was founded in 1963, and through its parent company, is owned by the Downey family and the Chicago based private equity firm William Blair. One of Chicago's largest full service air freight trucking companies, TAF's operations include airport to airport, airport to destination, and destination to airport trucking. TAF also provides "less than truckload" surface transportation between states, as well as other related transportation services. TAF's Chicago facility has 102 raised level loading doors and is the largest and most important of its 19 terminals in the Midwest and along the East Coast. TAF's customers span a wide range of industries; its largest clients include Bristol Myers Squibb, Delta Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Ryder Dedicated Logistics, Schneider Logistics, United Airlines, KLM Cargo and the United Parcel Service.