August 11, 2006

J. Richard Rombach of Harrisburg (PA) has joined The Shevell Group of companies as director of safety. He will oversee safety and compliance for the companies in the Shevell Group. He will also be in charge of the group's driver safety program. He will be domiciled in the company's Harrisburg area terminal, located at 2800 Appleton Street in Camp Hill.

Rombach brings to the Shevell Group more than 30 years' experience in the transportation industry. Most recently, he was with New Penn Motor Express in Lebanon, PA, as senior safety supervisor. Earlier, he had been with Con-way Eastern and Hall's Transit.

In 1984, he was named Safety Director of the Year by the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association. Rombach is a member of the Highway Safety Coalition Roundtable, a Pennsylvania organization composed of corporate safety and law enforcement officials.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Penn State University.

Rombach, and his wife, Kathy, have three grown children, Todd, Kelly and Kevin, all living in the Harrisburg area.

The privately-held Shevell Group of Companies provides a broad array of transportation-related services. Companies in The Shevell Group include NEMF (New England Motor Freight, less-than truckload carrier), Carrier Industries (third-party logistics, dedicated fleet, warehousing), Eastern Freight Ways (asset-based truckload carrier), Apex Logistics (brokerage, nationwide truckload) and NEMF World Transport (non-vessel operating common carrier).