Founded in 1999, ALI provides freight forwarding and logistic services to clients primarily between Asia and the United States. ALI's revenues for its fiscal year ending June 2005 were approximately $4.1 million. Stewart Brown, CEO of US operations stated, "The ALI acquisition supports our continuing growth in the Pacific trade lane. ALI is a well respected, high quality international logistics company, with substantial existing business, experienced personnel and a culture of world class customer support. We are pleased to add this key location to our US network." Christopher Wood, CEO of WLG, remarked ''The goal for WLG is to develop into a truly global provider of Logistics Services in strategic locations, allowing it to provide a full range of services to both local and international customers. With our recent acquisition in Chicago and the benefits from the grant of our CEPA license in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, Los Angeles will allow us to offer our customers with total end-to-end supply chain solutions." Wood further added, ''With Los Angeles being our premier gateway to North America, our multinational clients demanded that we expand in this region. We feel very fortunate that we're able to acquire ALI, which in only a few short years has gained the reputation as being an excellent provider of freight forwarding services for the Pacific routes.About the Wako Logistics Group Wako Logistics Group is a non-asset based third-party logistics and freight transportation provider offering a broad array of logistics and other services through its subsidiaries and divisions. With over three decades of experience in international transportation, WLG has established itself as a leading provider of traditional freight forwarding and freight management services in Asia, Australia and North America.(source: Press Relese)