Brothers Huw and Eurof launched their light haulage operations from Llanelli, South Wales, with one van in 1970. They carried furniture, kitchens and piano parts, they  soon acquired two small lorries. Seven years later the flourishing company became Owens Road Services. Its blue-liveried trucks becoming a familiar sight on the roads of Wales. The fleet grew taking  automotive loads onto the European mainland.

In 1995 a warehouse operation was launched and it clinched its first major distribution deal with a supermarket, before joining the Palletforce network. The workforce grew to over 500, in recent years it has won major contracts  - one to distribute goods used in building a huge new UK fuel pipeline, the other with global online retailer Amazon. Storage and warehousing improved with the acquisition of a large facility close to the M4 in Port Talbot. Expansion continued with the opening of Owens' first English depot - in strategically important Droitwich, Worcs.