Columbus Warehouse & Cartage

Business overview

Columbus Warehouse & Cartage describes itself as a family-owned logistics company, now in its second generation. Its work combines warehousing with transportation and distribution services. Source ↗

Products & services

• The company website lists inventory control and monthly reporting, storage of raw materials with daily delivery, and warehousing for finished goods. It also describes sorting and order filling among its services. Source ↗
• Columbus Warehouse says its facilities include more than 250,000 square feet of warehouse space, including temperature-controlled, food-grade, special-service, and standard options. The website also lists trucking and trailer equipment for deliveries and distribution. Source ↗

Customers & markets

The company’s origin involved providing warehouse space and just-in-time product delivery for paper manufacturers. Its website says its current services support customers’ logistics, fulfillment, distribution, and changing operational needs. Source ↗

Company background

According to the company’s account, Ronald and Susan Barker founded Columbus Warehouse & Cartage in 1981. It began in a small warehouse at the municipal airport, with the founders managing operations and one single-axle truck providing limited trucking service. Source ↗

Indiana connection

The company identifies Columbus, Indiana, as its founding location and says its operations began there in 1981. Its website also places its central dispatch in Columbus, Indiana. Source ↗