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New York messenger service targets Houston courier firms. (Dispatch Management Services Corp.; A and W Couriers Inc. and Houston Flash Delivery Inc.)

Houston Business Journal

| September 19, 1997 | Darwin, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 1985 American City Business Journals, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Dispatch Management plans public offering in national consolidation play

Two longtime courier firms in the Houston market have become acquisition targets of a New York-based messenger service.

A&W Couriers Inc. and Houston Flash Delivery Inc. are set to be acquired when Dispatch Management Services Corp. files to conduct an initial public offering, possibly by mid-November.

Each of the Houston firms has about 15 employees and $1.5 million in annual revenues. Purchase prices are not being disclosed.

Joan Lusky Levy, owner of A&W Couriers, confirms that she is selling her 21-year-old company to DMS, but a final agreement has not been reached. …

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