St. George Logistics Acquires Channel Distribution Corp

Chicago, IL, December 14,2017 - St. George Logistics (“STG”), North America’s leading provider of specialty 3PL and transportation services critical to the global supply chain and operating over 30 facilities across the U.S., has expanded its leading position in outsourced import/export services through the acquisition of Channel Distribution Corp. (“CDC”).  CDC’s management, led by Founder Joe Tamari and Partner Alan Muir, will both continue with the business and will join STG as shareholders and senior members of its executive management team.  

Based in Bensenville, Illinois, CDC is the leading provider of ocean and air CFS solutions, Centralized Examination Station (“CES”) services, and General Order (“GO”) warehousing in the Chicago area. CDC also provides value-added warehousing, distribution, final mile delivery and other transportation solutions to its diverse base of clients. Founded in 1985, CDC operates out of three state-of-the-art facilities strategically located near O’Hare International Airport.

“We welcome Joe Tamari, Alan Muir and the entire CDC team to the STG family as we continue to build our presence in one of the most important logistics markets in North America,” commented Chris Jamroz, Executive Chairman of STG. “CDC more than doubles our footprint in Chicago, expands STG’s services into air cargo, Centralized Examination Station services, General Order, and last mile transportation. Moreover, CDC complements our Chicago team with an experienced, operationally focused group of managers."

Hessel Verhage, STG’s President and CEO, added, “In September 2017, we established Chicago as our regional headquarters and announced a multi-million dollar expansion to our logistics center in Elk Grove Village. This initiative, intended to expand capacity, improve efficiency, and enhance customer service, is expected to be significantly bolstered by the addition of CDC and its management.”

Joe Tamari, Founder, Co-owner and President, stated, “CDC’s success over the past 30 years is due in large part to our strong customer relationships and passionate focus on customer service. We are confident STG will help CDC enter a new phase of growth without sacrificing any of the core values that have made us successful to date, and that conviction was critical to our decision to partner with Chris, Hessel and the STG team.  Alan and I look forward to continuing to lead the CDC operation and to becoming active members of the STG leadership team here in Chicago.”

Konrad Salaber, Managing Director at Wind Point Partners, added “CDC is the fifth add-on acquisition that STG has completed since Wind Point acquired the platform in July 2016.  Consistent with our original Value Creation Plan, acquisitions will remain an important driver of growth for STG and we continue to evaluate companies active in the asset-light 3PL and transportation sectors.”

Wind Point is an active investor in transportation, logistics and route-based businesses with previous investments including Dicom Transportation Group, Valicor Environmental, RailWorks Corporation and AIR- serv Group.

Financing for the transaction was provided by Antares Capital, LStar Capital and Newstar Financial. Kirkland & Ellis represented Wind Point as legal counsel. KPMG provided transaction advisory services on the transaction.