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Express-1 Expedited Solutions said its second-quarter profit fell 39.2% to $914,000, or 3 cents per share, from $1.5 million, or 5 cents, a year ago.

Express-1 Expedited Solutions, a provider of brokerage and forwarding services, said it has scheduled a Sept. 1 shareholders’ meeting to approve a takeover by Jacobs Private Equity, a firm controlled by investor Bradley Jacobs.

Linx Partners has acquired ADS Logistics Co., a provider of trucking, warehouse and intermodal services to the metals industry.

MIQ Logistics said it has acquired The Logistics Corp., a retail logistics company based in the United Kingdom. Terms were not disclosed.

Transportation provider UniGroup Inc. has introduced a new logistics company, UniGroup Worldwide Logistics.

Freight brokerage firm Echo Global Logistics is involved in an expansion strategy through acquisition, the CEO of the Chicago-based company said in an interview.

FreshStart Logistics, a maker of transportation technology products, is partnering with counterpart Datatrac Corp.

FedEx Corp. said it has completed the acquisition of Mexico’s Servicios Nacionales Mupa S.A de C.V., or MultiPack.

Echo Global Logistics said its second-quarter profit grew 50.3% to $2.9 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with $1.9 million, or 9 cents, a year ago.

Logistics firm Expeditors International of Washington said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 5% to $95 million, or 44 cents a share, from $90.3 million, or 42 cents, a year ago.