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HISTORY

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Crown is a world-class full-service global provider of transportation and relocation services (International transport, Commercial relocations, Domestic household good transportation, Storage and Asset management and Automobile transport).

  • 1972

    1972

    Crown is founded in San Francisco

  • 1976

    1976

    Crown becomes a member of FIDI

     

  • 1977

    1977

    Crown moves from San Francisco to San Leandro

  • 1983

    1983

    Crown becomes a member of OMNI

  • 1987

    1987

    Crown expands operations to Los Angeles

  • 1994

    1994

    Robert Bowen founds the Overseas Shippers Association

  • 1995

    1995

    Crown earns ISO 9001 quality certification

  • 2008

    2008

    Crown expands operations to Sacramento

  • 2008

    2008

    Robert Bowen is appointed as CEO

  • 2009

    2009

    Crown opens Union City warehouse

  • 2013

    2013

    Merger with Armstrong Relocation Companies

  • 2017

    2017

    Tori Ferrante becomes President & CEO

Crown has been a stockholding agent of UniGroup, Inc., the parent company of United Van Lines and Mayflower Transit since 1973. Due to a merger with Armstrong Relocation & Companies in 2013, we now over 30 agencies and coast to coast U.S. servicing capabilities. Our international forwarding business is independent of any van line affiliation and works through its affiliations with OSA (Overseas Shippers Association), FIDI (the world’s largest transportation organization of its kind) and OMNI (an exclusive organization of prequalified moving companies).