including Alaska and Hawaii, plus Puerto Rico and Mexico. Through our network of partners, we serve the balance of the U.S. Today, Saia's network of 152 terminals and approximately 9,000 employees covers 38 states in the U.S. In 2012, Saia expanded our capabilities beyond LTL with the purchase of The Robart Companies, a Georgia-based firm that provides non-asset based truckload service and third-party logistics. That same year, we also had over a billion dollars in gross revenue for the first time in our history. In 2007, Saia announced the acquisitions of The Connection Company, of Columbus, OH, and Madison Freight Systems, Inc. Two years later, SCST sold Jevic Transportation, folded all corporate functions into Saia and began trading on the NASDAQ with the ticker symbol "SAIA."
and its nine-state, 16-terminal network joined Saia's network, providing our customers service to key Midwestern markets including Chicago, St. company, spun off to form an independent, publicly traded company, SCST. In 2002, Saia and Jevic Transportation, another Yellow Corp. In 2001, Yellow integrated its Action Express and WestEx divisions, under the Saia brand, increasing our direct coverage to 21 states and more than 100 terminals. As a result, Saia customers had access to 100% of all eleven Southern states we now covered. Two years later, Saia merged with Smalley Transportation, another Yellow division, and opened terminals in North and South Carolina and western Texas. When Yellow Corporation purchased Preston in 1993, it also acquired Saia. In 1987, the Saia family sold the company to Preston Trucking. By 1986, Saia was one of the largest regional LTL carriers in the country, with 23 terminals across five Southeastern states, approximately 1000 employees and over $50 million in revenue. Over the next 45 years, Saia continued to expand, establishing terminals throughout Louisiana and Texas. Our first "truck" was the family car with the rear seats removed. Saia began in 1924 when Louis Saia, Sr., a produce dealer in Houma, LA, decided there was more to be made in delivering produce than selling it.
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