Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. has acquired Stagecoach Cartage and Distribution, a provider of truckload and logistics services based in El Paso, Tex.

Legacy Supply Chain Services, a North American third-party logistics provider, has released a grader tool designed to help retailers evaluate their supply-chain performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.

B&H Worldwide, a provider of logistics services for the aerospace industry, has launched a Critical Logistics Centre.

IAG Cargo is partnering with Finnair Cargo in a block space agreement on freighter capacity operating between London Luton Airport and Helsinki, Finland.

Encompass Supply Chain Solutions, a provider of forward and reverse logistics services for a wide range of finished goods and replacement parts, is doubling the size of its distribution facility in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Iran has traditionally been a high-volume automotive market, whose geographic advantage has endowed it the potential to serve as a production hub in the Middle East. The recent lifting of economic sanctions has burnished the country's reputation as a business hotbed, with the automotive market expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 13.4 per cent from 2014 to 2022. Unsurprisingly, global original equipment manufacturers, suppliers and other market participants are exhibiting unprecedented eagerness to be a part of the Iranian growth story.