Radiant Logistics Acquires Whitacre Dallas Operations

Radiant Logistics, Inc. announced the acquisition of the Dallas operations of Whitacre Logistics Services, LLC through its wholly owned subsidiary, Radiant Road & Rail, Inc., with an effective date of October 1, 2026. According to a report published by PR Newswire M&A on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, the transaction strengthens Radiant in intermodal and over-the-road brokerage services. Whitacre's Dallas operations serve companies across building materials, industrial manufacturing, and packaging industries. Radiant structured the deal similar to its prior transactions, keeping a portion of the expected purchase price payable in subsequent periods tied to the future performance of the acquired operations.

Leadership Continuity and Network Growth

Following the close of the transaction, the acquired business operates as part of Radiant Road & Rail. Jeff Vielhaber continues to lead the Dallas operations and also assumes responsibility for agent network development at Radiant Road & Rail. He reports directly to Chris Brach, senior vice president and general manager of Radiant's U.S. brokerage operations. Gary Whitacre, owner of Whitacre, noted that the operation is heavily intermodal in nature, a space where Radiant maintains deep expertise. The agreement allows Whitacre to concentrate on core operations in the Ohio Valley while placing the Dallas office under experienced leadership.

Jeff Vielhaber stated that finding a long-term partner committed to customer service was essential. As companies examine modern supply chains similar to themes discussed in Balaji Subodhi-Digital Transformation in Indian Logistics-Why Visibility Isn’t Enough, technology platforms play a major role in regional performance. Radiant's infrastructure and intermodal experience provide the right fit to support the account base established in Dallas. Vielhaber aims to bring his customer-first approach to a broader stage by growing the Dallas account base and helping expand Radiant's agent network nationwide.

Corporate History and Platform Strategy

Bohn Crain, founder and chief executive officer of Radiant, remarked that partnering on the Dallas transaction accelerates the growth of the company's bi-modal brokerage platform. Crain noted that the deal supports the acquired account base through Radiant's technology platform and expanded service offerings, which include domestic and international forwarding, customs brokerage, and value-added logistics services. Operators tracking cold chain consolidation, such as the leadership moves seen in Constellation Cold Logistics Names Abhy Maharaj CEO, frequently leverage similar scale-up strategies in adjacent transport sectors.

Radiant Road & Rail serves as the platform for the Radiant Network's U.S. intermodal and over-the-road brokerage service offering. The entity originated in 1938 as Clipper Exxpress, pioneering piggyback rail transportation by contracting flat space on rail cars to carry semi-trailers across the continent without requiring a tractor for every shipment. Over an 85-year history, the company evolved into a leader in intermodal, over-the-road, and temperature-controlled transportation, utilizing decades of mode optimization to offer rail transport throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Parent Company Background and Regulatory Context

Parent company Radiant Logistics operates as a third-party logistics provider offering technology-enabled global transportation and value-added logistics solutions primarily to customers in the United States and Canada. The corporation supports a diversified account base of manufacturers, distributors, and retailers from a network of company-owned and agent-owned offices across North America. Value-added services span warehousing, distribution, customs brokerage, order fulfillment, inventory management, and technology services.

The transaction details were accompanied by statements issued under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Management noted that such statements regarding future operating performance, events, trends, and plans are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. These factors could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including the performance of the historic business at levels consistent with recent trends and the realization of anticipated synergies from recent acquisitions as detailed in public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.