Jacksonville, FL – January 23, 2009 – The Grimes Companies (TGC) has added Neil Porter to its growing management staff as Director of Operations for all its warehouse and packaging operations. Porter brings over 30 years of supply chain management experience to Grimes. He is responsible for all four Grimes Warehousing Services locations, including three in Jacksonville and one in Baltimore, MD.
Porter will be headquartered at The Grimes Companies new corporate offices at 14500 Hyatt Road near the Jacksonville International Airport. He will supervise approximately 650,000 SF of warehousing space for the company. 
“We are truly excited to have a professional of Neil’s caliber join our growing team,” said Grimes President Michael O’Leary. “He is a great fit for us. We are proud of our record of service to our clients and of their trust in us. We want to make sure that we reward their confidence by meeting their highest standards, and Neil Porter will certainly help us continue doing that.”
Grimes Warehousing Services is an integral part of TGC, providing secure, sanitary and flexible storage with state-of-the-art controls and procedures, and the most professional and comprehensive distribution and inventory service in the Southeast. Grimes Warehousing is FDA registered and ISO certified. Fully integrated with Grimes Trucking Company, Grimes Transportation Brokerage and Grimes Packaging Services it provides a sophisticated and seamless package of powerful tools for supply chain management.
Porter resides in the Orange Park area with his wife Sherrie. They have two grown and married children and four grandchildren.
TGC, a Jacksonville, Florida based company, currently operates both public and contract warehouses in Florida and Maryland. As a single-point solution for logistics and supply chain needs, TGC provides warehousing, transportation and packaging services to its clients. FileSafe, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TGC, offers document storage services to businesses in Northeast Florida.
For further information contact:
Candy Barker, (800) 881-9505
cbarker@grimescompanies.com
