Guilbault acquires Ideal, secures warehousing

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.