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{{Short description|Moving company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Global Van Lines, LLC
| logo = Global Van Lines logo.png
| type = [[Private company|Private]] agent-owned
| industry = Moving and storage
| foundation = 1933
| location_city = [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| location_country = U.S.
| website = {{url|https://www.globalvanlines.com/}}
}}
'''Global Van Lines, LLC''' is an international moving company founded in 1933 by George T. Howard as '''Howard Van Lines''' in [[Dallas, Texas]]. It took its present name in 1957 when it was acquired by '''Trans-Ocean Van Service''' of [[Long Beach, California]].

It was acquired in 1981 by WKG Corporation of [[Houston, Texas]], and sold to Contrans Corporation in 1985. In 1990, Global agents acquired the company making it similar in form to a [[cooperative]]. It was acquired by [[Interstate Van Lines]] in 1998 and sold to [[Allied Van Lines|Allied Worldwide]] in 2000, which became SIRVA. Global Van Lines previously held its world headquarters at the northeastern edge of [[Disneyland]] in [[Anaheim, California]], where it was also a corporate sponsor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Original Global Van Lines Moving Truck.|url=https://www.icollector.com/Original-Global-Van-Lines-Moving-Truck_i30905113|access-date=2020-12-29|website=iCollector.com Online Auctions}}</ref> The mid-century modern building was razed in the 1990s and is now home to the [[Frank Gehry]]-designed [[Team Disney|Team Disney Anaheim]]. In 2000, SIRVA moved Global Van Lines headquarters to [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|title=General Contact Information|url=http://www.globalvanlines.com/vanlines/contact-us.aspx/|access-date=25 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of North American/Allied/Atlas/Global Van Lines|url=http://www.frankkryder.com/allied.htm/|access-date=25 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107012846/http://www.frankkryder.com/allied.htm|archive-date=7 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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[[Category:Moving companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Transport companies established in 1933]]
[[Category:1933 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Companies based in Fort Wayne, Indiana]]


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