About Holland
Holland Transfer Company was organized in 1907 with a team of horses and drayage wagon. The original founder S.R. Holland, begun hauling coal, wood, cotton and other general commodities. In 1912, W.R. Holland joined his brother as a partner. The brothers operated as Holland Brothers and grew to seven wagons and teams of horses, until 1915 when the first trucks were available.
S.R. and W.R. Holland operated as Holland Brothers until 1941 when Holland Transfer and Storage was organized, with R.B. Holland Sr. joining his father, W.R. Holland as a partner. The company was located at 916 Salisbury Road, in the heart of Statesville, NC, about 3 miles from Holland Transfer Company's current location. In 1964, the company was incorporated with W.R. Holland serving as President and R.B. Holland Sr. serving as Secretary and Treasurer. With W.R. Holland retiring in 1970, the company was again reorganized with R.B Holland Sr. serving as President and R.B. Holland Jr. joining the family business as Vice President. C.L. Poole joined the company in 1972 as Sales Manager.
In 1978, R.B. Holland Sr. retired; R.B. Holland Jr. became President and Treasurer and C.L. Poole became Vice President and Secretary. C.L. Poole became a shareholder in 1986.
In 1986, the partners built a 90,000 square foot warehouse and distribution center at its current location (2088 Salisbury Highway- Old Highway 70) The current office space, cross dock and tractor-trailer shop were added in1988.
In 1996, Reid Armstrong purchased the company. In 1998, he was joined by former Yellow Transportation colleague Jeff Harvey as a partner. In 2003, Jeff Harvey purchased the company and has spent the last few years diversifying and modernizing the company. In December 2004, transportation provider, Holland Transportation Management Services, Inc. was spun off and is currently located at 305 N. Center Street in Statesville (www.hollandtms.com). In January of 2007, Statesville Distribution Services, Inc. was spun off as a separate operating company (www.statesvilledistributionservices.com)