CEO, PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES
WHY: Implementing technology to make trailer-truck hauling smoother and more efficient. Focus includes GPS, brake sensors, tire sensors, light sensors, temperature, and cameras on the inside of trailers and on the outsides of trailers.
IN THE NEWS: Moving family business headquarters from Santa Fe Springs to UCI Research Park in Irvine. Completion seen by November. Business was started by CEO’s great-grandfather, H.W. Phillips.
NOTABLE: Business Journal estimates Phillips Industries and its two additional business units have about $500M in annual global revenue. 2023 Innovator of the Year Award winner.
QUOTABLE: “Everything we do is designed to simplify the lives of truckers.”
