A. Duie Pyle Warehousing and Transportation Earns Compass Minerals "Service Excellence Award"

WEST CHESTER, PA, May 11, 2010 - A. Duie Pyle, a leading Northeast transportation and logistics provider, was the recipient of Compass Minerals 2009-2010 Service Excellence Award. The award was presented to Peter Latta, chairman and owner of A. Duie Pyle, during an awards banquet on April 28, 2010 at the corporate office of Compass Minerals.

With the winter weather variability of our ice control products, Pyle's flexibility and integration have become an instrumental part of our Northeast distribution strategy, said Bob Ledford, director for strategic logistics and sourcing at Compass Minerals. Pyle ensures a reliable one-stop shop for integrated transportation and distribution services. For us, that means a combination of warehousing with indoor rail-siding, and transportation services that include both van and flatbed - all from a single service provider.

Pyle is one of out of approximately 350 logistics providers eligible to receive the award. The selection process includes a two-step panel review process where the merits of award winners are evaluated on the basis of consistent service excellence, along with innovation and logistics solutions.

Our Pyle team is honored to receive the Service Excellence Award in our first year of joining the Compass Minerals supply chain network, said Peter Latta.

Compass Minerals selected Pyle's 350,000 square foot warehouse with indoor rail-siding in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. Pyle is the Northeast's only regional transportation company with an asset-based warehousing capability, offering integrated transportation and distribution services, with seven facilities and approximately two million square feet of space throughout the Northeast.

About Compass Minerals

Based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, Compass Minerals is a leading producer of minerals, including salt, sulfate of potash specialty fertilizer and magnesium chloride. The company provides highway deicing salt to customers in North America and the United Kingdom and specialty fertilizer to growers worldwide. Compass Minerals also produces consumer deicing and water conditioning products, ingredients used in consumer and commercial foods, and other mineral-based products for consumer, agricultural and industrial applications. Compass Minerals also provides records management services to businesses throughout the U.K.

About A. Duie Pyle

Headquartered in West Chester, PA, A. Duie Pyle is the Northeast's premier transportation and logistics provider, with extended LTL service coverage into the Southeast, Midwest, and Canada. Pyle People Deliver is its corporate promise to customers that outstanding service will always be its first and foremost mission. A family-owned and operated business for more than 85 years, the company provides a complete range of transportation and distribution services. A. Duie Pyle LTL Services operates 17 Service Centers, strategically located throughout the region, with direct service to the Caribbean. A. Duie Pyle Transport Services Group provides specialized truckload services to meet the short-haul needs in the Northeast.

A. Duie Pyle Warehousing and Distribution operates with more than two million square feet of public and contract warehousing space and is fully integrated with the company's LTL and TL service offerings for seamless distribution. For information about A. Duie Pyle capabilities, visit www.aduiepyle.com or call 800-523-5020.