Amarillo: Faces, Places & Open Spaces

Dudley and Kathy Baldwin enjoy showing
visitors the Baldwin Distribution facility at
the corner of Loop 335 and Highway 60. The
thirty year old homegrown company moved
to the current location in 2006 after being
headquartered in a smaller building it shared
with Baldwin Trucking owned by Dudley’s
father Charles. The new location is much
closer to major highways and has allowed the
Baldwin’s to provide their employees, several
who have worked for the company since it
started, with more elbow room.
Baldwin Distribution employs 180 people
and operates 125 refrigerated tractor-trailers
to points in the Pacific Northwest, the
Southwest, the West Coast, and the Midwest.
Those rigs transport locally produced beef,
cheese, and pork out of the Panhandle
area. On return trips they are loaded with
frozen foods, groceries, and produce as
well as hazmat products for the food
service industry. Incoming loads supply local
distributors such as Ben E. Keith, Pepsi, and
Affiliated Foods.
Services include refrigerated transportation
backed up with Internet load tracking,
logistics packages, and satellite equipped
trucks. The company offers twenty-four hour
dispatch, seven days a week and has hazmat
certified drivers. Customized service such
as lift gate trailers, safe delivery of fragile
and hazardous materials as well as air-ride
equipment have led to excellent customer
satisfaction. Additionally, Baldwin Distribution
maintains a satisfactory safety rating with the
Department of Transportation.
Baldwin Distribution is a member of the
Truckload Carriers Association, Texas Motor
Transportation Association, U. S. Chamber of
Commerce, and the Amarillo Chamber of
Commerce. Participation in community
activities and charitable endeavors is important
to the Baldwins. They have been
involved in Red Ribbon Campaign, Make-a-
Wish, Snack Pak 4 Kids, Shop with a
Cop and they donate the use of trailers for
charity events.
Dudley says because he grew up in the
family trucking business, it is in his blood
and he naturally gravitated toward that
vocation. The trucking tradition of the
Baldwin family that started with Charles
has been handed down to Dudley’s daughter
Shannon Dowis who serves as the company
comptroller. Dudley is an Amarillo native as
is his wife Kathy who kept the family home
organized for many years and officially began
work at the trucking facility in 2008. They
believe in being part of the hardworking
fabric of Amarillo; part of what binds us
together as a community. They are pleased
to contribute to the economy of Amarillo
and the diversity of industry in the Texas
Panhandle. They credit their success to
God, their heritage, their employees, and the
application of hard work and faith.
BALDWIN
DISTRIBUTION
Below: The Baldwin Distribution
headquarters is located at 8351 Amarillo
Boulevard East in Amarillo and at
www.baldwin-dist.com.
Bottom: The Baldwin Distribution
refrigerated tractor-trailer fleet is highly
visible with its distinctive logo and bright
red paint.
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