Southern Intermodal Xpress

Evergreen Transportation utilizes more than 400 tractors and 750 trailers in its operation. The company offers dry and bulk freight services. Evergreen Transportation has grown to operate throughout the southeastern United States and Mexico. Should a load require the company to extend its existing carrier boundary, Evergreen will consider opening a new traffic lane if the economics allow for a long-term commitment to that lane or if the move benefits other companies that it currently serves. Walter Poole and his son, Pat, formed Evergreen Transportation in 1988. Headquartered in Evergreen, Ala., the company has terminals in Mobile, Courtland and Calera, Ala.; Contanment, Fla.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Laredo, Texas.

AAA Cooper Transportation is a family owned, non-union, regional trucking firm that serves Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Puerto Rico. The company has nearly 80 terminals in the Southeast to allow its customers to receive next-day and two-day service between points. AAA Cooper also provides trailer-load brokerage and services. ACT meets customer needs for international services to and from the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada, as well as Alaska through Partner Carriers. AAA Cooper Transportation has an office located in Theodore, Ala., where it employs nearly 90 people.

Founded in 1936, Flowerwood Nursery is a fourth-generation family-owned wholesale grower that sells only to licensed garden centers, professional landscapers and others in the nursery trade. The nursery provides broadleaf evergreens, conifers, deciduous shrubs, grasses, groundcovers, trees and perennials. It serves customers throughout the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Flowerwood Nursery specializes in improved products, such as varieties of Encore Azalea and selections like Endless Summer Hydrangeas, the Knock Out Rose and Anthony Tesselaar products. Flowerwood Nursery has several locations in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.