PTA Holdings, Inc (PTAH)

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The Business Model
• PTA Holdings, Inc. transportation sector roll-up strategy…

"Our goal is to increase our market presence significantly, both in existing operating regions and in other areas where we believe the freight environment meets our operating strategy serving industries that we have a demonstrated record of performance, while seeking to achieve industry-leading operating margins and returns on investment. We will do this with a focused roll-up of transportation companies that meet our criteria attracting them by the fact that we are a public company that can provide those owners an exit strategy and payback for their investment and efforts over the years. We seek to add operational assets, management and systems from those companies, then to merge our system and theirs through operating synergies that will enhance the profitability of the combined companies."; stated by CEO Lewensohn as he defined Roll-Up Strategy" for the Company. "This is not "Rocket Science" and has been done successfully previously by other companies in the transportation industry"; again stated by Lewensohn.