A. Duie Pyle has expanded its less-than-truckload network in Ohio with a new 44-door service center near Cincinnati in West Chester Township, the company announced on October 20. The terminal extends Pyle’s direct service into southwest Ohio and strengthens connections between the region and the company’s established markets in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
The West Chester center will create 21 jobs initially, and the company expects employment at the site to reach about 36 by the end of 2026. Pyle said the terminal also supports freight moving within Ohio, and it expects to add more jobs at the location as local freight volumes grow over time.
Chief Commercial Officer Frank Granieri said the investment responds to customer demand for stronger connections between markets. According to the company, shippers have been asking for better links between southwest Ohio and the areas Pyle already serves, and the new service center is intended to answer that demand with direct service rather than indirect routing.
Less-than-truckload shipping, known in the industry as LTL, handles freight that is too large for parcel delivery but does not fill an entire trailer. Carriers combine shipments from multiple customers, moving them through a network of terminals where freight is transferred between trucks headed toward different destinations.
The West Chester opening advances a westward expansion strategy Pyle outlined in 2025. As part of that strategy, the company previously acquired a former Yellow terminal in Bowling Green, which serves the Toledo area, and leased a facility in Columbus, giving it footholds in northwest and central Ohio before this week’s move into the Cincinnati region.
Pyle said the strategy is meant to expand its overnight service, reduce its dependence on partner carriers, and limit the number of intermediate transfers freight goes through before delivery. Fewer handoffs generally mean fewer chances for shipments to be delayed or damaged as they move through a carrier’s network.
The Ohio announcement follows another expansion step earlier this month, when Pyle announced a 78,760-square-foot warehouse in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. Together, the moves show a company adding both terminal capacity in new markets and warehouse space in its existing footprint as it pushes west from its Northeast and Mid-Atlantic base.
For West Chester Township and Butler County, the new terminal adds logistics jobs in a corridor that already draws freight and warehouse employers because of its access to the Cincinnati market and the region’s interstate network. Hiring for the initial positions is tied to the start of operations, with the additional jobs expected to follow as the terminal builds volume through the end of next year.
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