Union Pacific Corporation, established in 1862 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, operates through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, which is a leading Class I freight railroad in the United States. The company provides a wide range of transportation services, moving agricultural products, coal, petroleum, construction materials, industrial chemicals, and intermodal freight across its extensive rail network. This network spans approximately 31,800 route miles, connecting major ports on the Pacific and Gulf coasts with the Midwest and Eastern regions of the country. Union Pacific's operations are supported by a workforce of around 45,400 employees, and the company has expanded over the years through various acquisitions of other railroads. Additionally, Union Pacific Corporation holds a significant interest in the Mexican railroad Ferromex, enhancing its cross-border logistics capabilities.
Arzoon was founded in September, 1999, by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Farid Dibachi who previously started Diba, a company that pioneered the concept of the Information Appliance and was acquired by Sun Microsystems. In fewer than 10 months Arzoon has employed over 100 transportation and technology experts, and raised $34 million from individual, corporate and leading institutional investors. These include J. W. Seligman Company, Inc., Venrock Associates, Tailwinds Capital Partners 2000 — a venture capital fund of Thomas Weisel Partners LLC, and Garnett Capital.
Arzoon's Transportation Management Trading Network™ service automates and synchronizes the full life cycle of processes in the transportation professional's workflow, encompassing procurement, execution, tracking and report generation. Shippers, carriers, customers and suppliers can all utilize their global transportation platform to work together in a networked community.
They have created a language of transportation for the Internet that provides standardized processes for interacting with each other across international borders, IT systems and enterprises. As a result, all transportation trading partners can enhance the way they communicate and do business together, improving efficiency, speed and productivity.
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