Brixey & Meyer Capital Acquires Gateway Distribution
March 11, 2020
Brixey & Meyer Capital (BMC) has acquired Gateway Distribution, a Cincinnati-based niche LTL carrier and consolidator focused on specialty cargo such as light poles and flag poles. The acquisition expands BMC's transportation portfolio within its Growth Fund II and keeps Gateway's existing management team in place to continue operations from its Cincinnati headquarters.
- Buyers
- Brixey & Meyer Capital
- Targets
- Gateway Distribution
- Sellers
- Wayne Carucci and family
- Industry
- Transportation
- Location
- Ohio, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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