Dohrn – Rock Falls

Dohrn - Rock Falls is a trucking company in Sterling, IL, located on W US-30. As part of the Dohrn network of LTL (less-than-truckload) carriers, the location serves customers across the Midwest with technology-driven transportation solutions. Drivers are home daily, and the company operates with an emphasis on safety, service quality, and continuous improvement. Dohrn was founded by Charles Dohrn in 1921 in Rock Island, IL with a single wood-slatted truck and one route. Charles based the company on values that still guide it over a century later, investing in employees and listening to customers. His grandson Gary Dohrn learned the business from a young age, and when the company was sold in 1981 to Tiger International, Gary opened a public warehouse. After Tiger closed, Gary expanded into less-than-truckload services, growing the company to over 500 power units and 1,200 employees across 9 states with 23 terminals. In 2014, Dohrn joined the Pitt Ohio Transportation Group, which provided capital investment and best practices that helped it become a recognized carrier and technology leader. Gary's son, Joe Dohrn, spun off Logiflow, a logistics company, from Dohrn in 2016, which continues to operate under the Pitt Ohio Transportation Group umbrella. The company's stated values include safety for employees and the public, service excellence, customer experience, personal touch for individual customer and employee needs, and continuous improvement. Dohrn Cares is an employee committee rooted in the company's personal touch value, and employees and their families live in the communities surrounding Dohrn terminals. The company has received the 2023 Mastio Quality Award from MASTIO's U.S. LTL Carrier Customer Value and Loyalty Report, the 2023 Quest for Quality Award, a place on FourKites' Q3 2021 Premier Carrier List, and the Transplace Regional LTL Carrier of the Year 2020. Dohrn began in 1921 with one truck and one route and has grown into a multi-state LTL carrier recognized for safety, service, and technology across the Midwest.