Delivering a legacy from generation to generation

Like many successful family businesses, A. Duie Pyle Inc. of West Chester, Pa., began humbly.

In 1924, A. (Alexander) Duie Pyle, a young husband and father, purchased two old trucks from a neighbor in Coatesville, Pa. From one man and his two trucks grew an enterprise that now has 2,500 employees; facilities totaling 2 million square feet in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts and New Jersey; and, as of 2014, revenues of $318 million.

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