QUEBEC, QC – Groupe Guilbault has purchased Ideal Logistical Solutions – including Ideal Logistics, Ideal Transportation, and Ideal Warehouse divisions. 

Terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but the acquisition clearly offers Groupe Guilbault a key presence in the warehousing sector. Ideal has a 250,000-square-foot warehouse in the Armand-Viau Industrial Park, once a distribution center for Provigo. A similar-sized facility is in Lachine, Quebec. 

Ideal and its 150 employees will become a Guilbault operating division and continue to run independently. The combined companies will have about 975 employees.

“We found in Ideal Logistics Solutions a partner who shares our first ambition: to simplify the mobility of goods for our clients by helping them to better control their supply chain and improve their efficiency and performance,” said Éric Gignac, president of Groupe Guilbault. It also gives the company additional personnel resources and expertise, he added.

“Thanks to this transaction, we will be in the position to improve the services we offer our clients, who will now benefit from the LTL and TL transportation network and the cutting-edge technologies of our new partner. It paves the way to great growth potential for our company and to stimulating challenges for our employees,” said Bernard Pettigrew, president of Ideal Logistics Solutions, who will play an advisory role in the new venture.

It was an emotional experience Pettigrew because his grandfather started the business more than 70 years ago. His children will remain on the team, and he said the companies share similar values.

The Guilbault fleet includes about 300 trucks and 1,000 trailers. Ideal had about 35 trucks.