Slay Bulk Terminals

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Slay Industries is a diverse, St. Louis-based group of transportation and distribution companies with revenues approaching $100 million per year. Slay provides its customers with value-added, quality services and an emphasis on safety. Slay has over 800 team members and is uniquely suited by size and location to meet the varied and complex needs of its customers, helping them address the economic and environmental issues facing their companies in today's changing world marketplace.From general rail, barge and truck logistics to special product warehousing, Slay consistently lives up to the philosophy that "Quality Is Our Driving Force."

Slay Industries Company History Slay Industries was established in 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri. John R. Slay, coming home highly-decorated from World War I, returned to South St. Louis where he grew up. There he became a close friend of Edgar Queeny, the founder of Monsanto Chemical Corporation. Needing transportation services, Mr. Queeny called upon John Slay, who responded by forming the original Slay Motor Freight. At that point, a long and prosperous business relationship began. Eugene Slay began Slay Transportation Company's bulk trucking operation in 1952. Enduring regulation from the the Interstate Commerce Commission and surviving deregulation in a tight, competitive market, Eugene Slay steadily expanded the company. Later adding warehousing and river operations for the purpose of widening distribution services, Slay has evolved into a logistics powerhouse that is driven by the principals of quality and customer service. The tradition begun by John R. Slay in 1920 continues today as the third generation of Slay leadership takes Slay Industries into the new millenium.