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In 1979, Phoenix International began serving the importing and exporting needs of Chicago companies. Through the hard work and vision of founder Bill McInerney, Stephane Rambaud and Andy Wang, Phoenix has grown to become a true multimodal logistics company with offices around the world.
2008 Phoenix is ranked as the 46th largest privately held company in the greater Chicago area.
2008 Crain's Business Journal ranks Phoenix as one of the top 30 Best Places to Work in Chicago.
2007 Crain's Business Journals ranks Phoenix as one of the top 50 Fastest Growing Chicago companies and one of the fifty largest privately held Chicago companies.
2007 Stephane Rambaud is promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer.
2007 CEO Bill McInerney retired from Phoenix in July after leading the company for 28 years, and now serves as Chairman of the Board.
2007 Phoenix Opens Offices in Xian, Nanjing, Chongqing, Wuhan and Hangzhou China.
2006 Phoenix Establishes 16 Offices in South Asia.
2006 Phoenix Opens Office in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
2006 Phoenix Acquires Majority Shares in India's Eastern Logistics Private Limited.
2006 Phoenix Sales Revenue Tops $611 Million and the number of employees approaches 1400.
2006 Phoenix's ranking moves up to number 54 in Crain's Chicago Business Journal's listing of the largest privately held Chicago companies.
2005 Fiscal Year Global Revenue exceeds $500 Million and the number of employees tops 1200
2005 Phoenix opens sales offices in Springfield, Missouri and Miami, Florida.
2005 Phoenix is ranked as the 61st largest privately held company in Chicago by Crain's Chicago Business Journal. The Phoenix ranking in 1995 was 157th. In ten years Phoenix has experienced a 300% growth in revenues.
2004 Global revenue tops $450 million and the number of employees reaches 1000.
2004 Phoenix Opens offices in Charleston, SC, USA, Dalian, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Qingdao and Tianjin, China and Birmingham, UK, bringing the global office count to 51.
2003 Phoenix opens office in Ningbo, China, bringing global office count to 44.
2003 Global Sales tops $350 million and the number of employees surpasses 900.
2003 Stephane is promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer.
2003 Phoenix buys Derwent Freight Services, their UK agent for the last 24 years. 
2002 Andy Wang becomes an owner of Phoenix as Managing Director
2001 Phoenix continues to report a 20% growth in sales, while strengthening its global network of offices and exclusive agents. Global sales top $300 million and the number of employees surpasses 800.
1999 Phoenix expands into Europe with the opening of an office in Ireland.
1999 Phoenix explodes by opening more than 14 worldwide offices.
1999 Phoenix's continued growth results in a more than 100% increase in net earnings, topping the $200 million in gross sales.
1995 Phoenix expands internationally with the opening of their Far East offices. The company office locations grow from 8 to 17.
1994 Phoenix USA consists of 8 offices.
1990 Stephane is promoted to Vice President, in charge of the Midwest.
1985 Stephane Rambaud joins Phoenix in the Chicago Import department.
1982 PIX Line, Phoenix's NVOCC division is formed. Company begins operating as an ocean freight forwarder and Customs broker.
1979 Phoenix is founded in Chicago by Bill McInerney, as an international airfreight forwarder.
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