What is United Parcel Service?
[[File:McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) UPS N294UP (6911789480).jpg|thumb|A ups airlines md-11, registered N294UP]] [[Image:United Parcel Service logo 2014.svg|right|175px]] '''United Parcel Service''' ('''UPS''') is an [[United States|American]] [[company]] that [[transport]]s [[wikt:package|packages]]. It is the largest package delivery company in the world. UPS delivers more than 14 million packages a day to more than 200 [[country|countries]]. It is based in [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]], USA. The company started in 1936 when several smaller companies merged and took the new name. It was owned by employees until 1999 when it offered stock to outsiders. The company uses [[brown]] [[uniform]]s and delivery [[trucks]]. The company [[trademark]]ed the color so other delivery companies cannot use a brown [[logo]]. ''UPS Airlines'' is a part of UPS that handles the transportation of packages over long distances and between countries. UPS has almost 300 [[airplane]]s in its [[Fleet (ships)|fleet]]. == Other websites == * [http://www.ups.com/ UPS corporate website, shipping, tracking, service information] {{US-stub}} [[Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange]]