Truck Fleet Innovators: NFI's Bill Bliem

Bill Bliem accepts his HDT Truck Fleet Innovator award from Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge at the Mid-America Trucking Show Fleet Forum.

NFI holds its own truck rodeo.


Founded in 1932 as National Hauling, NFI has evolved from a trucking company in a regulated environment into one of the largest privately held supply chain companies in North America.

Bill Bliem is senior vice president, fleet services, for NFI.

NFI recently launched a liquified natural gas fleet in Texas working with Lowe's.


“We’re building the lightest equipment we can that’s going to last,” Bliem says.

