Livingston International is a North American provider of customs brokerage services. Livingston International provides customs brokerage, trade consulting and international freight forwarding services to importers and exporters throughout North America and around the globe. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with U.S. headquarters in Chicago, Livingston has over 3,300 employees located at more than 125 border points, seaports, airports and other locations across in North America, Europe and Asia. Livingston is currently Canada's largest customs broker and third-largest in the United States. Livingston International has been certified as a member of Partners in Protection (PIP) by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and is also a member of the U.S. counterpart to PIP, C-TPAT, the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism. Services Livingston’s headquarters are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and their U.S. head offices are located in Chicago, Illinois. Livingston offers services in customs brokerage, customs and trade consulting, freight forwarding, and business process outsourcing as well as technology services. History Founded in 1945 by Gerry Livingston as an export packaging company, Livingston International began under the name Livingston Lumber & Manufacturing Ltd. Over the first few decades, the company grew as it became heavily involved in warehousing and transportation. Just over 30 years later, in 1978, Livingston launched into the customs brokerage business. Through mergers and acquisitions, this aspect of the company finally overshadowed its warehousing and distribution businesses. In 1981, the company name was changed to Livingston International Inc. Later in the '80s, the company restructured its businesses under the name Livingston Group and operated only its customs brokerage division under the Livingston International banner. Today, all the company's business is conducted under the Livingston International name. 1945 to 1969: The early years 1945 Gerry Livingston, a manufacturer of wooden shipping crates and wooden parts for automobiles, incorporated his company in Tillsonburg, Ontario as Livingston Lumber & Manufacturing Limited. 1950 Changed name to Livingston Wood Manufacturing Limited, and the first public offering of shares was issued. 1951 Made its first acquisition: Essex Steel and Wood Manufacturing Limited, a company that owned two saw mills in Bracebridge, Ontario. 1951 Harry Wade joined Livingston. 1952 Tillsonburg Livvies won the Canadian Basketball Championship and went on to represent Canada at the Olympics in Helsinki. 1953 Entered into its first automobile export contract, with Ford. 1957 Trucking began under the name Lakeshore Transport. 1960 Tillsonburg Livvies won the Canadian Basketball Championship again and represented