Lowe's Recognizes Hub Group With Three Awards

OAK BROOK, Ill., April 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hub Group HUBG, a leading transportation management company providing multi-modal solutions, announced today it has been honored with three awards. Lowe's selected Hub Group as its 2017 Intermodal Carrier of the Year, its LTL Consolidator of the Year, and named Andrew Greenaway, a Hub Group Account Manager, as the recipient of its West Region Outstanding Account Support award. This is the eighth consecutive year Hub Group has been named Lowe's Intermodal Carrier of the Year.

"It's an honor to receive these awards, especially because they recognize the hard work of numerous people throughout our organization," said Nick Hannigan, Senior Vice President, Account Management at Hub Group. "That strong effort, combined with our valued relationship with Lowe's and a commitment to offer solutions, were instrumental in helping Lowe's improve its supply chain. LTL consolidation programs, like the one we developed, drive efficiency, improve access to capacity and save money."

Hub Group works through a collaborative process, a "One Hub" approach, designed to assess and support customized solutions tailored to enhance supply chains. Hub Group draws on resources that include 33,000 Hub Group owned intermodal containers, access to over 95,000 rail-owned containers, 3,900 drivers, 23 terminals, 4,000 trailers and 2,000 trucks supporting a dedicated trucking network, and robust third party relationships to support Lowe's evolving transportation needs.

About Hub Group
Hub Group is a world-class supply chain solutions provider that offers multi-modal transportation services throughout North America, including intermodal, truck brokerage, dedicated and logistics services. As a publicly traded company with over $4 billion in revenue, Hub Group's organization of over 4,000 employees delivers innovative, customer-focused solutions and industry leading service to help customers better control supply chains and their costs.  For more information, visit hubgroup.com.

About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE® 50 home improvement company serving more than 18 million customers a week in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With fiscal year 2017 sales of $68.6 billion, Lowe's and its related businesses operate or service more than 2,390 home improvement and hardware stores and employ over 310,000 people. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs that focus on K-12 public education and community improvement projects. For more information, visit Lowes.com.

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