Syfan Logistics to Expand in Gainesville, Add 50 Jobs

Monday, July 14th, 2014

Gainesville-based Syfan Logistics is in expansion mode, planning to hire about 50 people and spend about $2 million more by the end of this year.

Jim Syfan, founder of the business on Old Candler Road, said the jobs would pay $35,000 to $50,000. “(Workers) have to be computer literate,” he said. “It’s fairly complicated. We handle a lot of freight for a lot of people.” Syfan started another business, Turbo Transport, in 1980, and grew it to about $137 million in annual revenue before selling in 2006.

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