On June 6, 2016 at 5 pm, McGill and Polaris are holding a partnership announcement celebration at McGill’s head office in Orillia. Dignitaries from each of the Simcoe County and Muskoka townships have been invited. The management of McGill and Polaris, customers and employees will also be attending. The two companies have worked together informally for some time, each trading their particular strengths to offer their respective customers additional service coverage. Keith Bell, Vice President, McGill Transportation states, “There are many commonalities between our two companies. We are both family owned, have both been in business over 20 years and share a hands on management style. We keep business personal and have long standing customer and employee relationships. The partnership will accelerate our growth as we continue to find exciting new ways to better serve our customers.” McGill serves the Simcoe County and Muskoka region offering local, intra provincial and cross border service. They serve the transportation, warehousing and logistics needs of their clients in Alliston, Aurora, Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Muskoka, Newmarket and Penatanguishene. Through their official partnership with Polaris, they now have daily dedicated shuttles that connect with the scheduled LTL, overnight and second day service to and from key points in the USA. They also have direct access to featured long haul schedules to and from Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, St. Louis and Los Angeles. Dave Cox, EVP and COO at Polaris comments, “We’ve done up some commemorative trailers that highlight our partnership with McGill . One of the trailers will be at the event on June 6 and will soon be seen on Highway 400 on a daily basis. There are over 16,000 businesses in Simcoe County that range from family farms to world class manufacturers. They all need to ship to and from other regions in Ontario and our largest trading partner, the USA. The latest technologies we’ve developed will be accessible on the McGill site including our popular online rating tool, custom tailored to Simcoe County and Muskoka communities. As our partnership evolves, we will realize additional synergies serving the areas surrounding the GTA like Oshawa to the east and The Golden Horseshoe to the west …we both serve these areas independently today.”