Logistics & Distribution Acquisitions in Maryland

Office Movers Express (OMX) has acquired two Baltimore-based firms — Hoffberger Moving Services and Re-form — more than doubling OMX's size and expanding its moving, storage and used office furniture capabilities across the Baltimore–Washington corridor. The deal brings healthcare and laboratory relocation expertise and an established office-furniture resale/refurbishing and inventory-management capability into OMX's Beltsville-based corporate platform while maintaining current Baltimore staffing.

iLobby (rebranded as FacilityOS) has acquired SCLogic, a provider of last‑yard logistics management software, and integrated SCLogic's Intra solution into its platform under the new LogisticsOS module. The deal and rebrand position FacilityOS as an expanded, end‑to‑end facility, visitor and logistics management platform serving enterprise customers across manufacturing, healthcare, higher education and other mission‑critical environments.

FedEx Corporation has acquired RouteSmart Technologies, a Columbia, Maryland–based leader in route optimization and Routing as a Service (RaaS). RouteSmart will operate as a standalone entity under FedEx Dataworks to accelerate deployment of route optimization capabilities across FedEx's global operations and continue serving customers across postal & parcel, utilities, field service and waste collection markets.

Imperial Dade has acquired S. Freedman & Sons, Inc., a fourth-generation distributor of cleaning, paper and packaging products serving the Mid-Atlantic; financial terms were not disclosed. The deal expands Imperial Dade's footprint in the Mid-Atlantic and will allow S. Freedman’s customers to access Imperial Dade's broader product offering and distribution platform; Cascadia Capital served as exclusive financial advisor to S. Freedman & Sons.

Schneider National, Inc. agreed to acquire Cowan Systems, LLC and affiliated entities for approximately $390 million in cash, plus separate real estate purchases of about $31 million. The Baltimore-based dedicated contract carrier — which operates roughly 1,800 trucks and 7,500 trailers across 40+ Eastern and Mid‑Atlantic locations — will become a wholly owned subsidiary to expand Schneider's Dedicated capacity and capabilities.

Canopy Capital Partners, a Tampa-based private equity firm, has acquired Pet Palette Distribution, a Sykesville, Maryland-based national wholesale distributor of pet products, marking the launch of Canopy's pet-product distribution platform. Canopy named Chris Miller as CEO, said it will pursue growth and complementary product verticals (including pet grooming) and is positioned to pursue bolt-on acquisitions for the new platform.

BradyIFS, a distributor of foodservice disposables and janitorial-sanitation products, has acquired FPC Distribution Inc., a family-run foodservice, dry goods and jan-san distributor serving Maryland and Virginia. Terms were not disclosed; the deal expands BradyIFS's east coast operations and will keep FPC's team in place under a partnership with founder Richard Roe.

Capstone Logistics, a PE-backed third-party logistics provider, has acquired Rapid Response Delivery, a Maryland-based last-mile delivery company serving the mid-Atlantic region. The acquisition expands Capstone’s last-mile and final-mile capabilities, adding medical/pharmaceutical, e-commerce parcel, and pool distribution services across Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Lineage Logistics acquired MTC Logistics, a cold-chain provider operating four refrigerated facilities near key U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports (Baltimore, Wilmington, Philadelphia and Mobile). The deal adds nearly 38 million cubic feet of capacity and over 113,000 pallet positions to Lineage's global temperature-controlled network; financial terms were not disclosed. MTC was a wholly owned subsidiary of Hoffberger Holdings, Inc.

National Convenience Distributors, LLC (NCD) has acquired Century Distributors Inc., a Rockville, Maryland-based full-line wholesale distributor to convenience and grocery stores. Century will join NCD as a newly created division to expand NCD's Mid-Atlantic footprint and realize operational and go-to-market synergies; financial terms were not disclosed.

Envoy Solutions, a national specialty distribution platform based in Glenview, Illinois, has acquired Daycon Products Co., a family-owned janitorial and facility supplies distributor headquartered in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The add-on deal expands Envoy's eastern footprint and capabilities in sustainable cleaning products, training services, and value-added facilities solutions.