Freedom Works-For You!
As conservative, family oriented, small town business owners, our goals are centered around quality of life, commitment, appreciation, and service to others, with responsible community and country citizenship. Our objective is to be the best at what we do, not the biggest. We try to make decisions with a balance of Head and Heart. Our desire is to form good partnerships with good companies and do good business.
Freedom Companies is a name used for a family of companies including:
Freedom Transfer Corporation
Freedom Material Resources
Freedom Warehouse and Self Storage
Freedom LED Signs
Freedom Welding and Fabricating
Freedom Engine and Transmission Services
Freedom Performance- Service and Sales
Freedom Companies is a name used for a family of companies including:
Freedom Transfer Corporation
Freedom Material Resources
Freedom Warehouse and Self Storage
Freedom LED Signs
Freedom Welding and Fabricating
Freedom Engine and Transmission Services
Freedom Performance- Service and Sales
"We want to be the company that others want to do business with!"
COMPANY HISTORY – Trucking operations began in 1967 when Donald Orr started with one truck and with help from his eldest son, Robert and his youngest son Mike, served Southern Illinois until 1982, when a severe recession and collapse of the coal industry forced a new company to emerge. Freedom Transport , owned by Robert & Mike Orr, diversified operations and grew and thrived until the next recession of 1990, when the economy crashed, once again. After two years of down-sizing and restructuring Freedom Transport began growing once again. In 2008 The “Great Recession” wreaked havoc on the American economy and Freedom Companies. By cutting costs and reducing the number of trucks and employees, Freedom was able to survive, until 2012, when it made a dramatic turnaround. With stability returning, 2013 showed substantial growth. Today, there are three corporations and the Orr families third generation is at work and the business has grown to be a major supplier of specialized trucking and material supplier to the tri-state region.