{"id":16891,"date":"2026-04-21T12:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=16891"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T12:34:16","slug":"nippon-express-to-acquire-metro-supply-chain-group-in-1-8-billion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/nippon-express-to-acquire-metro-supply-chain-group-in-1-8-billion-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nippon Express to Acquire Metro Supply Chain Group in $1.8 Billion Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nippon Express Holdings Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Metro Supply Chain Group Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $1.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The transaction includes a potential earnout of up to $400 million, which will be paid to the sellers if the Montreal-based company meets specific financial performance targets.<\/p>\n<p>Metro Supply Chain Group, headquartered in Montreal, operates across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, providing third-party logistics and supply chain solutions to a wide range of industries.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is expected to strengthen Nippon Express\u2019s global footprint, as the Japanese firm already delivers logistics services across 57 countries and regions worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>By integrating Metro\u2019s extensive North American and European operations, Nippon Express aims to enhance its end-to-end supply chain capabilities and expand its presence in key international markets.<\/p>\n<p>The deal underscores ongoing consolidation in the global logistics sector, as companies scale operations to meet growing demand for efficient, cross-border supply chain services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nippon Express Holdings Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Metro Supply Chain Group Inc. in a deal valued at approximately $1.8 billion. The transaction includes a potential earnout of up to $400 million, which will be paid to the sellers if the Montreal-based company meets specific financial performance targets. Metro Supply Chain Group, headquartered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":16893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[20843,3672,15576,20845,20850,20849,20844,20847,20842,20848,20846],"class_list":["post-16891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-1-8-billion-logistics-deal","tag-amat","tag-canada-business-news","tag-global-logistics-expansion-2026","tag-logistics-industry-consolidation","tag-metro-supply-chain-group-acquisition","tag-montreal-supply-chain-company-sale","tag-nippon-express-global-operations","tag-nippon-express-metro-supply-chain-acquisition","tag-supply-chain-merger-news","tag-third-party-logistics-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}