Tops in 2015 Revenue Growth in Journal of Commerce Top 50 List The Journal of Commerce’s annual Top 50 ranking survey listed Daseke Inc. as the fastest growing company – with a 26.9 percent increase in 2015 revenues. Daseke also moved up nine spots on the list of trucking companies. The survey, conducted for the […]
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For Owner of Flatbed Fleets Don Daseke, ‘People Make a Difference’
Written by David Hollis and approved for reprint by Truckers News. Consider the typical business card. Two inches by three inches. Name. Address. Phone. Email. Company logo. Pretty standard stuff. Not to the man who has built a bit of a flatbed, open-deck, heavy-haul empire. Instead, Don Daseke sees that modest bit of paper as an […]
HDT Features Daseke’s Cross-Company Collaboration Teams in Series
When it comes to responsibility for safety and compliance, the people with Daseke’s family of trucking companies believe many hands not only make light work, but also safer operations. “We’ve established several cross-company committees, because we believe we can learn a great deal from one another to improve all aspects of our operations, particularly safety,” […]
Daseke Inc.’s Autonomy and Scale: Powered by Strength in Diversity
Written by Seth Skydel and approved for reprint by Fleet Equipment Magazine. For Scott Wheeler, it’s all about continuous improvement. “Our mission is to be better tomorrow than we are today,” says Wheeler, executive vice president and corporate chief executive officer of Daseke Inc. “Daseke is more than a group of trucking companies. It is […]
Daseke Family of Open Deck Carriers Has More Honors Come Its Way
Recognition Lead by Central Oregon Truck Co. and Smokey Point Distributing It never gets old. Recognition of our people that is. And for Don Daseke, president and CEO of Daseke Inc., the latest recognition from the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and CarriersEdge may be the most meaningful. “We’ve built a world-class organization of flatbed, specialized […]
Daseke Continues to Seek Additions to Flatbed Enterprise
For over seven years, Don Daseke’s belief of investing in people has been the driving force behind Daseke Inc., now the nation’s largest owner and operator of flatbed, open-deck and specialized trucking capacity in North America. Transport Topics recently featured Don Daseke in a wide-ranging interview concerning his plan to continue to grow the company […]
Daseke Featured as a “Fab Four” Company by Addison Magazine
Approved for reprint by ADDISON – The Magazine of the North Dallas Corridor. Transporting the country’s high-tech equipment and heaviest machinery requires a specialist to handle the load. Daseke Inc. and its family of trucking companies have moved wind turbines across Texas, a Triton submarine 3,000 miles cross-country and the I-beams used in shaping the […]
Daseke’s 2015: One for the Record Books
There’s no such thing as a “typical year” at Daseke, and 2015 has certainly proven that. Daseke has been recognized by both the industry and the business press for its growth, safety, individual performance and team accomplishments. It was named the fastest-growing trucking company in the U.S and Inc. Magazine listed Daseke as one of […]
Don Daseke’s Thought Leadership Requested in Dallas Business Journal’s Middle Market Roundtable Discussion
Don Daseke, president and CEO of Daseke, Inc., was recently selected by the editors of the Dallas Business Journal as a thought leader in the Dallas/Fort Worth business community. He discussed the business climate and economic opportunities for his company and other leading businesses in the region. Don also discussed the regulatory challenges facing the […]
Daseke No.2 on 2015 American Cranes & Transport Top 50 List
For the second year in a row, Daseke Inc. was ranked No. 2 on ACT’s Top 50 fleets listing. The company trailed only Landstar, when it came to ton capacity. The listing pointed out that Landstar’s capacity actually declined slightly in 2015. Conversely, Daseke’s investments in new capacity along with the addition of Bulldog Hiway […]