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Article: Coughlin's services are anything but plane. (F.X. Coughlin Co.)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- April 15, 1996
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Does more to package than just ship it
The typical formula for supplying the Big Three is reversed for Coughlin: While most service providers follow the Big Three into new markets after the automakers pave the way, Coughlin has to be there first.
Coughlin, also known as F.X. Coughlin Co., has repositioned itself from a traditional freight forwarder into a provider of operational logistics. It offers customers - primarily the Big Three - any service necessary to package, move and, in some cases, store and process products.
The globalization driving the auto industry has propelled Taylor-based Coughlin into a worldwide expansion over the past five ...