PGT Trucking Acquires Liedtka Trucking
PGT Trucking Inc. has acquired Liedtka Trucking, headquartered in Trenton, N.J. Liedtka Trucking, founded in 1964, specializes in flatbed and specialized hauling. Their lanes are primarily in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast and Midwest.
PGT Trucking Inc. has acquired Liedtka Trucking, headquartered in Trenton, N.J. Liedtka Trucking, founded in 1964, specializes in flatbed and specialized hauling. Their lanes are primarily in New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Southeast and Midwest.
“The acquisition of Liedtka Trucking allows us to expand our footprint into New England and the Mid-Atlantic to service some additional customers on the Eastern Seaboard that we previously did not have the opportunity to engage with,” said Gregg Troian, president of PGT.
This acquisition will add four terminals in the Northeast to increase PGT’s total terminals strategically located across the United States to 31.
Phil Liedtka will become the vice president of Eastern Operations at PGT and be based in Trenton, N.J.
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