BAX Global Announces Appointment of New Swedish Managing Director

IRVINE, Calif. (PROTEXT) - BAX Global, a $1.8 billiontransportation and supply chain management company, is pleased toannounce the appointment of Dag G. Gustavsson managing director,Sweden. Gustavsson will be responsible for all BAX Globaloperations in Sweden including air and ocean import/export salesand supply chain management. Dag G. Gustavsson joins BAX bringing a wealth of supply chainmanagement experience with him. During his 20 years of experiencein shipping and freight forwarding, Gustavsson held many seniorpositions within the Wilson Group, a major Swedish based globalforwarder. While with Wilson he spent two years focusing on oceanand air import/export sales in New York before returning toSweden in 1990 to a senior management position with key accountresponsibilities. "I am delighted to welcome Dag to the BAX Global family. Hehas a wealth of experience in all aspects of freight forwardingwith a good knowledge of the Swedish market place. I know thatwith his leadership qualities, sales ability and commitment tosuccess he will make a great contribution to BAX Global Sweden,"said Steve Finch, senior vice president-Atlantic region of BAXGlobal. Gustavsson is based in Stockholm, where he resides and willoversee all aspects of BAX Global Sweden operations. Over 500 Offices BAX Global is a $1.8 billion transportation and supply chainmanagement company offering multi-modal freight forwarding tobusiness-to-business shippers through a global network of over500 offices in 121 countries. In North America, BAX Global offersguaranteed and standard overnight and second day freight deliveryto every major North American business community in addition tointernational airfreight, ocean forwarding and customs brokerageworldwide. Pittston BAX Group Common Stock (NYSE: PZX) is a class ofcommon stock of The Pittston Company which is intended to reflectthe performance of the global freight and logistics managementservices businesses of BAX Global. BAX Global's press releases are available by fax by callingCompany News On-Call, 800-758-5804, ext. 117050. For a completelisting of BAX services visit the World Wide Web athttp://www.baxglobal.com. ots Original Text Service: BAX GlobalInternet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Raquel Garcia ofBAX Global, 949-752-1212, ext. 2310, rgarcia@baxglobal.comCompany News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/117050.htmlor fax, 800-758-5804, ext. 117050 Web site:http://www.baxglobal.com

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