Heniff Transportation Systems (CCJ Top 250, No. 64) has acquired 30-truck food grade tanker carrier Hagen Johnson Trucking. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Not included in the deal is Reedsburg-based Korth Transfer.
Heniff Founder and CEO Bob Heniff noted three of his company's operating divisions — Carry Transit, Total Clean, and Heniff Logistics – benefit most from this transaction, and Heniff plans to combine Janesville, Wisconsin-based Hagen Johnson’s food-grade tank truck fleet, kosher tank-cleaning operation, and Liquid Freight brokerage business with its corresponding divisions.
“We’re very excited to work together with the entire Hagen Johnson team,” said Heniff. "We’ll also benefit greatly from the ongoing contributions of Hagen Johnson Group President and CEO Brandon Johnson and his team.”
Lowell C. Hagen founded Hagen Trucking as a milk hauler in 1979. Johnson, Hagen’s son-in-law, joined the business in 2004 and helped launch the third-party logistics division in 2008.
Heniff operates approximately 2,000 trucks and 5,000 trailers through a network of over 100 locations, with expertise in chemical transport, food-grade transport, rail transloading, ISO depot operations, equipment maintenance, tank cleaning services, and logistics.
“This new partnership equips the Hagen Johnson Group to continue its uninterrupted growth strategy within the bulk carrier industry, make investments in new technologies and innovative equipment, and improve services for our valued customers,” Theresa and Brandon Johnson, Hagen Johnson co-owners, stated. “Our team very much looks forward to working with our counterparts at the Heniff family of companies.”
