All Points bulletin: 500 jobs possible

New corporate office here will see major expansion

Friday, November 17, 2006

By MARIAN ACCARDI

Times Business Writer accardi@htimes.com

All Points Logistics Inc. marked the grand opening of its corporate office in Huntsville on Thursday, and its work force is expected to grow to several hundred in the next three to five years.

All Points has 25 employees in the Huntsville office now. In the next three to five years, there could be "300 to 500 employed here in this location," said Deryl Wright, the president and chief executive officer of Chickasaw Nation Industries Inc., which acquired All Points Logistics in May.

All Points, now a division of CNI's professional service sector, provides technical and management services to the federal government and to private industry customers.

"Alabama is (the state with) probably the sixth-largest presence" for the company, Wright said. "We expect that to grow to the top three within three to five years. Huntsville is where we expect the majority of the growth to be."

Chickasaw Nation Industries, based in Ada, Okla., is a tribal corporation owned by the Chickasaw Nation. It has about 2,000 employees in all, located in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and South Korea, Wright said.

Historically, this area is Chickasaw Nation homeland, Wright said, "so it's kind of like a coming home for us."

All Point's headquarters had been in Gainesville, Ga.



All Points bulletin: 500 jobs possible New corporate office here will see major expansion Friday, November 17, 2006 By MARIAN ACCARDI Times Business Writer accardi@htimes.com All Points Logistics Inc. marked the grand opening of its corporate office in Huntsville on Thursday, and its work force is expected to grow to several hundred in the next three to five years. All Points has 25 employees in the Huntsville office now. In the next three to five years, there could be "300 to 500 employed here in this location," said Deryl Wright, the president and chief executive officer of Chickasaw Nation Industries Inc., which acquired All Points Logistics in May. All Points, now a division of CNI's professional service sector, provides technical and management services to the federal government and to private industry customers. "Alabama is (the state with) probably the sixth-largest presence" for the company, Wright said. "We expect that to grow to the top three within three to five years. Huntsville is where we expect the majority of the growth to be." Chickasaw Nation Industries, based in Ada, Okla., is a tribal corporation owned by the Chickasaw Nation. It has about 2,000 employees in all, located in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and South Korea, Wright said. Historically, this area is Chickasaw Nation homeland, Wright said, "so it's kind of like a coming home for us." All Point's headquarters had been in Gainesville, Ga. © 2006 The Huntsville Times © 2006 al.com All Rights Reserved.