TORONTO (Sept. 17, 2002) — Mullen Trucking, the truckload division of Mullen Transportation, has won a Canada Award for Excellence, presented each year by the National Quality Institute.

The award, called the CAE, recognizes Canadian organizations that, through a commitment to innovation, productivity, safety, and ethics, demonstrate sustainable measures of continuous improvement. The National Quality Institute, a non-profit organization based in Toronto, has presented the awards annually for past 19 years.

“The award symbolizes that our company-developed quality program, which we have branded as ‘On the Road to Quality,’ can be regarded as best-in-class,” said Jim Little, vice-president of quality and training for Mullen Transportation.

Mullen Trucking, based in Aldersyde, Alta., provides irregular-route truckload and less-than-truckload transportation throughout Canada and the continental United States. It was one of four companies the institute will honour for quality. The others are the Dana Canada Spicer Driveshaft Group in Magog, Que.; Canada Post, Saskatoon Operations; and Homewood Health Centre in Guelph, Ont.

The institute said Dofasco of Hamilton, Ont., and NCR of Mississauga, Ont., will be presented with awards for workplace health and safety.

The awards will be presented Oct. 22 during a ceremony at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto.