General Info

Initially, they covered Buffalo and Niagara Falls, about a 25-mile radius, with two 'straight' trucks, my father's and my uncle's," says Carl Savarino, CEO. "They shipped general commodities - commercial and industrial freight - to serve a primarily industrial region." At that time Western New York had a concentration of heavy industry. Business expanded and in 1949 Carmelo changed the name to Speed Motor Express (SME). In 1972 the company greatly expanded beyond Buffalo and Niagara Falls to encompass all of western New York, including Rochester and Jamestown, as well as Erie, Pennsylvania adn in 2000 the company entered the airfreight business. "At that point we changed our name from Speed Motor Express to Speed Global Services (SGS), which better reflects the type of business we are today