short takes
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc., a less-than-
truckload service provider, has bought Integrated
Services, a Kokomo, Ind.-based warehousing provider to
the automotive industry, for $13 million. … HighJump
Software has acquired Atlas Products International, a
United Kingdom-based provider of software-as-a-ser-
vice EDI integration, secure data transfer, and e-invoic-
ing solutions. … Software company Descartes Systems
Group has commenced a marketed, underwritten public
offering of 9,500,000 common shares. … UPS, a global
provider of logistics services, will be opening nine oper-
ating facilities in the Brazilian state of São Paulo and
increasing the size of its ground fleet to 115 vehicles. …
Purolator International, a specialist in cross-border logis-
tics between the United States and Canada, is now offer-
ing a new integrated solution called Purolator Logistics,
which will include warehousing, fulfillment, and returns
processing. … Muller, a manufacturer of load contain-
ment solutions, has finalized its acquisition of the Carlyle
Group and will now operate as a standalone business
under the Signode Industrial Group. … Datalogic, an
automatic data capture and industrial automation com-
pany, has opened a manufacturing operation in Brazil,
its first in Latin America. … Hyster hosted events this
summer in the Netherlands and Germany, which fea-
tured live product demonstrations that showcased the
capabilities of Hyster big trucks, including container
handlers, tire handlers, and a 36,000-pound capacity
lift truck. … Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has opened
container drayage facilities in Front Royal, Va., and
Portland, Ore. … Clark Material Handling Co. dealers
can now purchase a special pink “Clark Raising Hope”
CBX cargo box burden carrier to support this year’s
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure event to be held in
Lexington, Ky. … Crown Equipment, a material handling
company, is relocating to larger and more strategically
placed premises in the high-growth eastern seaport
area of Bangkok, Thailand. … Prologis has released a
research paper titled “Inside the Global Supply Chain:
E-commerce and a New Demand Model for Logistics Real
Estate.” In the report, the company’s research team looks
at how e-commerce is changing retailers’ requirements
for logistics real estate and how distribution centers are
adapting. … As a part of its sponsorship of the University
of Puerto Rico’s Solar Engineering Research Racing
Team, Crowley Maritime Corp. shipped the team’s
racing vehicle for the 2014 American Solar Challenge
from San Juan to the U.S. mainland aboard one of the
company’s 730-foot roll-on/roll-off barges. … Saddle
Creek Logistics Services has pledged $1 million to the
Florida Polytechnic University Foundation. The donation
will support scholarships and the university’s mission. …
Ingram Micro Mobility, a division of Ingram Micro Inc.,
is expanding device-recovery service operations at a key
returns center in Plainfield, Ind. … Global logistics service
provider Dachser has acquired the remaining 50 percent
of MGI & Dachser to create Dachser Korea Inc. … Yusen
Logistics has launched a temperature-controlled less-
than-truckload service for food products in Indochina. …
LLamasoft, a developer of supply chain design solutions,
is expanding operations in the Asia-Pacific region, estab-
lishing LLamasoft Asia as a new business venture based
in Tokyo. … Starting Sept. 1, the Port of Savannah (Ga.)
will begin handling fruit from South America that has
undergone cold treatment, a process that prevents the
transmission of agricultural pests. … Crane Worldwide
Logistics is expanding in Europe, the Middle East, and
Africa and has added new team members. … Conveyor
company Interroll has signed a definitive agreement to
acquire Pert Engineering in Shenzhen, People’s Republic
of China.
