OnTrac Logistics, Inc., was a privately held logistics company that contracted regional shipping services in the Western United States. In 2021, OnTrac Logistics was acquired by East Coast delivery firm LaserShip for $1.3 billion; the combined business's branding was later reverted to OnTrac.

History

The company was founded in

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in 1991 as California Overnight and was formed from acquisitions of several small Canadian and American courier companies and expanded to seven additional states:

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. Initial customers were document shippers who sought an alternative to overnight delivery in California versus national carriers. In 2021, the Virginia-based company LaserShip acquired Ontrac Logistics to establish a national parcel delivery service to challenge FedEx and UPS, with the combined company being called "LaserShip/OnTrac." In 2022, LaserShip and OnTrac Logistics finished combining their networks and launched their e-commerce transcontinental parcel delivery service covering 74% of the U.S population, according to LaserShip Chief Commercial Officer Josh Dinneen. In 2023, the two companies announced they would combine under the name

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Controversies

In 2014 OnTrac faced a class action lawsuit filed by Capstone Law APC on behalf of current and former drivers who worked for Express Messenger Systems, Inc. dba OnTrac (“OnTrac”) in a California location and were misclassified as independent contractors. The lawsuit alleged the multiple violations against OnTrac including willfully misclassifying employees as “exempt” from overtime and other protections under the Labor Code. The lawsuit was later settled out of court.

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* {{Trucking industry in the United States Companies based in Phoenix, Arizona Logistics companies of the United States Privately held companies of the United States Shipping companies of the United States Transport companies established in 1991 Transportation companies based in Arizona

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