Steve and Greg Syfan and their father, Jim Syfan, had been out of the trucking business since 2006 after selling Turbo Logistics, a company that was founded in 1984. Since the sale, they have stayed in tune with the transportation industry by operating Turbo Truck Center, a truck repair and service business, which was not part of the sale and not covered by a non-compete clause in the sales agreement
The non-compete clause expired June 30 and the Syfans recently launched Syfan Logistics, and Steve Syfan says they were very pleased with the response from their ads for employment opportunities.
"And, we have been very humbled, overwhelmed by receiving close to 500 resumes'," Steve Syfan said.
Many of the applicants were people who had worked with them at Turbo Logistics, "the vast majority" of them, including management personnel, according to Syfan, the executive vice-president of the new firm. He says they started forming the new company July 1, setting things up and training "our most precious asset- our people."
The company will be involved in "truckload service, focusing primarily on the food service industry," he added.
Syfan - who says he started in the business when he was 17, along with his dad, brother and mother- says there was never any doubt that the family would get back into the trucking business.
"We missed it. We missed the people. We missed the action and look forward to it. The old saying 'you don't know what you have until it's gone' rang true with all of us."
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