ADL Final Mile buys regional delivery provider DMC Logistics

Deal gives company access to Southwest market

ADL Delivery, part of ADL Final Mile, provides courier services in the Southeast. (Photo: ADL Delivery)

ADL Final Mile has expanded its regional parcel delivery and logistics network to the Southwest with the acquisition of DMC Logistics, the fourth company it has purchased since its founding in 2022 with the merger of ADL Delivery and Capital Express.

DMC Logistics provides customized and final mile logistics services across New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas, and Utah.

“With this acquisition, our services now reach 27 states and 88 company managed distribution locations, benefitting both new and existing customers,” said ADL Final Mile CEO Monte O’Hara in a news release issued Wednesday. “DMC shares our commitment to quality service and customer-first values, and we look forward to accelerating our growth together.”

Steve Griego, DMC Logistics’s president and founder will assume the role of president, Southwest Region, for ADL Final Mile. 

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

ADL Final Mile is owned by RD Last Mile Holdings LLC, which is backed by Red Dog Equity, in partnership with Monroe Capital and billionaire Tom Pritzker’s family business interests. Red Dog Equity invests in lower middle-market companies.

RD Last Mile said it has significant equity and debt capital available to support future acquisitions and development opportunities.

ADL Delivery’s delivery footprint extends from North Carolina to the Florida Keys. It also provides warehousing and distribution services. Capital Express is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and provides courier and trucking services for hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies, e-commerce retailers, office suppliers, the auto parts industry and other verticals. 

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Eric is the Parcel and Air Cargo Editor at FreightWaves. An award-winning business journalist with extensive experience covering the logistics sector, Eric spent nearly two years as the Washington, D.C., correspondent for Automotive News, where he focused on regulatory and policy issues surrounding autonomous vehicles, mobility, fuel economy and safety. He has won two regional Gold Medals and a Silver Medal from the American Society of Business Publication Editors for government and trade coverage, and news analysis. He was voted best for feature writing and commentary in the Trade/Newsletter category by the D.C. Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He was runner up for News Journalist and Supply Chain Journalist of the Year in the Seahorse Freight Association's 2024 journalism award competition. In December 2022, Eric was voted runner up for Air Cargo Journalist. He won the group's Environmental Journalist of the Year award in 2014 and was the 2013 Supply Chain Journalist of the Year. As associate editor at American Shipper Magazine for more than a decade, he wrote about trade, freight transportation and supply chains. He has appeared on Marketplace, ABC News and National Public Radio to talk about logistics issues in the news. Eric is based in Vancouver, Washington. He can be reached for comments and tips at ekulisch@freightwaves.com