Equity Group Investments Acquires Majority Stake in Able Freight

Equity Group Investments Makes Growth Investment in Paper Transport

July 20, 2021

Transportation

Sam Zell’s private investment firm Equity Group Investments (EGI) has invested in Paper Transport, a Wisconsin-based for-hire truckload carrier. The partnership provides growth capital and strategic support while Paper Transport’s senior management remain in place and retain an ownership stake; proceeds will be used to pursue add-on acquisitions, expand brokerage and intermodal capabilities, and accelerate geographic growth.

Equity Group Investments Partners with East Coast Warehouse

January 27, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Equity Group Investments (EGI), Sam Zell's private investment firm, announced an investment in East Coast Warehouse (ECW), a temperature-controlled third-party logistics provider. The partnership will provide capital for add-on acquisitions and strategic support as ECW expands into new geographies; ECW's senior management will remain in place and retain an ownership stake. Terms were not disclosed.

Equity Group Investments Leads Growth Investment in Lanter Delivery Systems

July 10, 2019

Logistics & Distribution

Equity Group Investments (EGI), the private investment firm of Sam Zell, invested in and led a capital raise for Lanter Delivery Systems, a provider of overnight unattended delivery services for OEMs and industrial distributors. EGI partners Mark Sotir and Evan Harwood will join Lanter’s board as the company looks to pursue new growth opportunities across its network of nearly 100 cross-dock facilities in the U.S.; terms were not disclosed.

Equity Group Investments Invests in CIT Trucks

December 12, 2025

Trucking & Fleet

Equity Group Investments (EGI) has made an investment in CIT Trucks, a commercial truck dealer headquartered in Normal, Illinois. EGI will partner with CIT's senior management (who retain an ownership stake) to support growth and expansion across the Midwest as the current CEO retires and the president assumes the CEO role.

Angeles Equity Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Freymiller

June 22, 2022

Logistics & Distribution

Angeles Equity Partners, in partnership with KJM Capital, acquired a majority stake in OBS Holdings, LLC (d/b/a Freymiller), a temperature-controlled trucking and freight brokerage provider headquartered in Oklahoma City. The investors will partner with CEO David Freymiller to accelerate growth, pursue strategic M&A, and expand Freymiller's refrigerated transport and cold-chain logistics capabilities; terms were not disclosed.

International Logistics Group (ILG) Acquires Global Freight Solutions (GFS) from Phoenix Equity Partners

February 23, 2024

Logistics & Distribution

International Logistics Group Ltd (ILG), part of the Yusen Logistics/NYK group, has acquired Global Freight Solutions (GFS) from Phoenix Equity Partners. The deal will allow GFS to accelerate development of its Enterprise Carrier Management (ECM) platform and leverage Yusen/ILG's fulfilment and global logistics capabilities to provide expanded end-to-end B2B and B2C supply chain support.