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Imports: The Foreign Trade Zone Advantage

Vogue Tyre and Rubber Company has been manufacturing and distributing premium, custom built tires for more than 96 years. With much of its production coming to the U.S from offshore facilities, Vogue needed to offset the impact of ad valorem tariffs per section 421 of Tract Act of 1974...
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Consumer Packaged Goods: Launching U.S. Distributor's Retail Distribution

One With Nature designs, develops and manufacturers skin care products. Produced in Jordan using mud and salt from the Dead Sea, the distributor with U.S distribution rights was challenged to develop a complete retail distribution plan...
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Excellence in Cross Dock Operations

Achieving “best in class” performance is a career-long pursuit in logistics and distribution because the latest accomplishment becomes the new floor for benchmarking. The same is true for Cross Dock operations, a model favored by Retail and other industries that have one goal in mind: to decrease inventory levels...
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Consumer Packaged Goods

ASW is your single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast, accurate and secure manner.

Retail

ASW specializes in high velocity / high throughput cross docking, kitting and fulfillment.

Polymer and Specialty Chemicals

Our polymer material and chemical handling operations are designed to provide cost-effective solutions to manufacturers, importers, suppliers and resin compounders.

Industrial

ASW acts as industry's single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast accurate and secure manner.

Polymer and Specialty Chemicals

Our polymer material and chemical handling operations are designed to provide cost-effective solutions to manufacturers, importers, suppliers and resin compounders.

Retail

ASW specializes in high velocity / high throughput cross docking, kitting and fulfillment.

Consumer Packaged Goods

ASW is your single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast, accurate and secure manner.

Industrial

ASW offers distribution, inventory, and transportation management solutions for large and middle market companies.

Excellence in Cross Dock Operations

Achieving “best in class” performance is a career-long pursuit in logistics and distribution because the latest accomplishment becomes the new floor for benchmarking. The same is true for Cross Dock operations, a model favored by Retail and other industries that have one goal in mind: to decrease inventory levels...
Learn More

Consumer Packaged Goods

ASW is your single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast, accurate and secure manner.

Retail

ASW specializes in high velocity / high throughput cross docking, kitting and fulfillment.

Polymer and Specialty Chemicals

Our polymer material and chemical handling operations are designed to provide cost-effective solutions to manufacturers, importers, suppliers and resin compounders.

Industrial

ASW acts as industry's single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast accurate and secure manner.

Consumer Packaged Goods

ASW is your single source for prepping and moving product to market in a fast, accurate and secure manner.

Retail

ASW specializes in high velocity / high throughput cross docking, kitting and fulfillment.

Polymer and Specialty Chemicals

Our polymer material and chemical handling operations are designed to provide cost-effective solutions to manufacturers, importers, suppliers and resin compounders.

Industrial

ASW offers distribution, inventory, and transportation management solutions for large and middle market companies.

Polymer and Specialty Chemicals

ASW can accommodate loads shipped by bulk hopper car, bulk trucks and containers; and products can be packed or repacked into octabins, super sacks, gaylords, valve bags, returnable containers, totes or drums. With the ability to manage end-to-end processes for the polymer and chemical industries ASW is the distribution channel to the Midwest.


ASW is verified in Responsible Distribution®, is ISO 9001:2015 certified, operates in FTZ #181, and is an Operation Clean Sweep® partner.

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Distribution & Warehouse Management

  • 172 Railcar Capacity
  • Daily Railcar Switches
  • Bulk Transloading
  • Quality Inspections
  • Storage Optimization

Material Handling & Inventory Management

  • 6 Packaging Stations
  • Blending
  • Material Planning & Scheduling
  • Break Bulk Services
  • Product and Weight Verification

Specialty Services

  • Overflow Storage
  • Crisis Response
  • Customized Packing Solutions
  • 4PL Services

Retail

Retailers value our ability to manage and move large, small, or complex volumes of inventory in a fast, accurate and secure manner. We offer 40 years’ experience providing distribution services for companies of all sizes, including companies in the Fortune 500.

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  • Duty Exemption
  • Duty Deferral
  • Duty Reduction or Inverted Tariff
  • Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) Reduction
  • Reduced Insurance Premiums
  • Streamlined Logistics
  • Quota Avoidance
  • Zone-to-Zone Transfers
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Consumer Packaged Goods

Strategically located within one day delivery to 60% of the U.S. market and 50% of the Canadian market, ASW is the fulfillment channel to the consumer packaged goods industry.

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  • Cross Docking
  • Consolidation Center
  • Distribution Center
  • Contract Logistics
  • Lead Logistics Provider
  • Reverse Logistics
  • Public Warehousing/Shared Services
  • Overflow Warehousing

    Industrial

    ASW's 3PL services assist middle market industries in avoiding the costly infrastructure necessary to support customized client demands. ASW's 40 years' of experience is equally important to Fortune 1000 companies requiring ISO certified lean process design and distribution services. With the ability to interface with most ERP systems, ASW can integrate with client operations to maximize service and minimize cost. Transportation and packaging round out ASW's end-to-end service offerings. Operating in FTZ #181 , ASW offers companies the advantages of a general purpose foreign trade zone.

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    • Bulk Resin Packaging
    • Transloading
    • Contract Bulk Packaging
    • Re-packaging
    • Co-packing
    • Kitting
    • Custom Packaging
    • Relabeling
    • Display Building
    • "Favorite warehouse. Excellent customer service. We enjoy working with everyone at ASW."Barbara Gair, Sales Administrator, Shawnee Chemical Company
    • "ASW has been an outstanding fulfillment and distribution partner for the last two years. Their commitment to quality, flexibility, and willingness to support our ever-changing needs has been essential to our success."Joe Sweet, Director of Operations, Wellness Enterprise at Cleveland Clinic
    • "You and your company have done more than your share to make Ohio one of the top users of the FTZ program."Daniel Griswold, President, National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones
    • "ASW has been providing comprehensive warehousing, shipping, and fulfillment services for us for over 10 years now. They are very professional, efficient and responsive to our needs. Working together, we have created a more cost effective, efficient process that delivers consistent, high quality service to all retail distribution channels. We are looking forward to many more years of working together!"Hollis Henning, Operations Manager, One With Nature
    • "I am extremely pleased with the team's responsiveness, professionalism, and ability to execute a plan."Elizabeth Lovins, Owner and President, Performance Foods Inc.
    • "Your service is great and you followed up on the shipments that were already delivered. When there was a case when a shipment was being delivered late due to the bad weather you let me know about this even without being asked. Also, your prices are very competitive and we really enjoy using your services."Alla Kaplevatsky, Eppco Enterprises