Alba Wheels Up and Southfield Capital Announce Cobalt Wine Logistics' Strategic Acquisition of North Coast Logistics, Inc.

GREENWICH, Conn., March 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Southfield Capital, a premier lower middle market private equity firm, announced today that Alba Wheels Up ("Alba"), a provider of customs brokerage, freight forwarding, trade compliance and other logistics services, based in Valley Stream, NY, has acquired North Coast Logistics, Inc. ("NCL"), a strategic move to enhance logistics solutions within the wine and spirits storage and transportation industry. The acquisition of NCL will be integrated into Alba's Cobalt Wine Logistics business unit and represents Alba's fifth acquisition since partnering with Southfield.

The acquisition strengthens Cobalt's position in the wine and spirits logistics sector by expanding its transportation capabilities. Based in Napa, CA, Cobalt is a leader in international wine and spirits logistics, while NCL, headquartered in Petaluma, CA and founded and managed by Tammie and Travis Pisors, has been operating for 25 years in the domestic wine consolidation and distribution space delivering over-the-road services. By combining expertise, the newly integrated organization will offer seamless, end-to-end over-the-land eastbound and westbound solutions for the wine industry, providing expanded efficiencies for current and future customers.

"NCL's distribution services perfectly complement Cobalt's intermodal logistics portfolio, allowing us to expand further the range of services offered to our clients," said George McGowen, President of Cobalt Wine Logistics. "Since we started collaborating with Tammie and Travis several years ago, we identified the incredible potential of combining our strengths, and I'm excited to work alongside the NCL team to develop innovative new solutions for the industry."

Tammie Pisors, President of North Coast Logistics, Inc., shared similar enthusiasm, "This partnership opens up significant opportunities for our clients, leveraging Cobalt's international capabilities and robust demand planning tools. The synergies between our companies will drive real value for the industry."

Southfield Partner, Heb James, commented, "We are thrilled to partner with Tammie and Travis. The addition of NCL further enhances Alba's wine and spirits logistics capabilities adding over-the-road services to its service offering and reinforces our leadership position in the food and beverage transportation space."

About Alba Wheels Up
Alba is a fully integrated logistics provider offering customs brokerage, logistics, trade intelligence and industry-leading supply chain solutions to middle market and enterprise companies. Alba is headquartered in NY with offices in CA, FL, MD, NJ, PA TX, and VA.
 
For more information, please visit www.albawheelsup.com.

About Southfield Capital
Southfield Capital is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth, lower middle market companies in the outsourced business services sector. The firm targets companies with $4 - 20 million in EBITDA and partners with management to scale the business through a combination of organic and acquisition growth strategies.

For more information, please visit www.southfieldcapital.com.

Media Contact: Josh Finkel, jfinkel@southfieldcapital.com

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