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After acquiring the Atlanta-based Orkin Exterminating Company in 1964, Rollins moved its headquarters from Delaware to Atlanta in 1967. Today the company owns a diverse array of businesses, including broadcasting, residential security, and landscaping concerns.
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In 1948 brothers O. Wayne and John Rollins, natives of Ringgold, purchased the radio station WRAD, in Radford, Virginia. Eventually the business grew into Rollins Broadcasting, and in 1964 the company purchased the Orkin Exterminating Company in Atlanta.
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The Orkin Man has become a well-known icon of the Atlanta-based Orkin Exterminating Company. The company has been recognized for its employee training program, which is considered to be one of the best in the nation. Orkin, through its parent company, Rollins, also supports several educational programs, including the Orkin's Children's Zoo at Zoo Atlanta.
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A UPS truck and driver. Today, UPS is the world's largest express carrier and package delivery company.
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In May 2004 United Parcel Service's Trade Direct Ocean service extended to more than seventy ports in Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, while adding Miami as a port of entry.
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A UPS worker delivers a package in 1968. UPS operates the largest single transportation network in the world, reaching more than 4 billion of the earth's 6.3 billion people to ensure timely delivery of more than 13.3 million packages each day.
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A worker sorts boxes at a UPS facility. In 2003 UPS employed more than 12,000 workers in Georgia. Of those, some 7,900 employees worked in package delivery operations.
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