Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALEX)("A&B”)
announced today that its Matson Global Distribution Services subsidiary ("Matson
Global”) has completed the acquisition of
Pacific American Services, LLC., ("PACAM”),
a leading regional, asset-light warehousing, packaging and distribution
company specializing in value-added handling of domestic, import and
export goods.
"The acquisition of PACAM extends our service
reach deeper into our customers’ value and
supply chains while also providing an excellent platform for expansion
in this fast-growing market segment. PACAM’s
nearly one million square feet of warehousing and distribution space
provides exceptional service coverage for the entire Bay Area and
Northern California, complementing our recently acquired Savannah
facilities to give Matson Global a truly national footprint,”
said A&B Chairman and CEO Allen Doane. "We
are pleased to add a versatile, experienced management team and are
equally pleased to welcome a first-rate roster of clients to our own
customer base. As part of a continuing, focused strategy to grow our
domestic presence, we expect to rapidly scale these operations in the
next few years.”
PACAM serves hundreds of local, national and international customers and
has extensive industry expertise in handling high value goods in the
food and beverage, high tech and consumer packaged goods sectors. The
company, which is ISO 9001-2000, organic and FDA certified, was founded
in 1987 and is headquartered in Oakland, California. "We
found the right partner at the right time to meet the distribution
opportunities of our diversified customer base. With Matson Global’s
emerging national warehouse inventory, and the depth, quality and
reliability of Matson’s ocean shipping and
logistics services, we are poised to grow with an expanded slate of new
products in new markets,” said Linda Hothem,
PACAM CEO and founder.
Matson Global was established in 2007 as a subsidiary of Matson
Integrated Logistics, the 10th largest
logistics company in the United States and a subsidiary of Matson
Navigation Company, to provide third-party logistics services that
include warehousing, distribution, and freight forwarding throughout the
domestic United States and internationally, especially Asia.
About Alexander & Baldwin:
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc., headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii is engaged
in ocean transportation and logistics services through its subsidiaries,
Matson Navigation Company, Inc., Matson Integrated Logistics, Inc. and
Matson Global Distribution Services; in real estate through A&B
Properties, Inc.; and in food products through Hawaiian Commercial &
Sugar Company and Kauai Coffee Company, Inc. Additional information
about A&B may be found at its web site: www.alexanderbaldwin.com.
A&B Properties is Hawaii’s fourth largest
private landowner; its diverse pipeline of projects is located on some
of the 89,000 acres it owns in Hawaii, or on lands more recently
acquired or being developed in joint ventures with third parties,
including projects on Oahu, Maui, Kauai, the Big Island and in
California.
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Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
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future performance.
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with our Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC
through the date of this release, which identify important factors that
could affect the forward-looking statements in this release.