Purolator Courier

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Purolator Courier Ltd. <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center; padding:16px 0 16px 0;"></td></tr>
Type	Private company
Founded	Eastern Canada, 1960
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Robert C. Johnson, CEO Ray Pedersen, Executive Vice President Sheldon Bell, CFO</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Industry</th><td>Courier</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Products</th><td>Package delivery</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Revenue</th><td>$1.2 billion USD (2004)</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Employees</th><td>11,500</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Website</th><td>http://www.purolator.com/</td></tr>

Purolator Courier is a Canadian courier 97% of which is owned by Canada Post.

The company was originally organized as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd. In 1967 it was acquired by the US manufacturer of oil and air filters: the name originally was an abbreviated form of "pure oil later". In 1987 the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has since had no connection with the oil filter business.

Kelowna Flightcraft operates Boeing 727 and Convair 580 cargo aircraft for Purolator.