Lanter History

A Road Well Traveled

Our story begins in the classic fashion – with one guy, one truck, and a singular passion for solving difficult transportation problems that others tend to avoid.

The problem in the 1980’s was creating a guaranteed next day service for small package delivery. Lanter played aggressively and successfully in that space until it became a purely price driven marketplace, dominated by a handful of extremely large corporate players. By the end of that decade, it was time to find a new challenge.

That new endeavor arrived in 1995, when Lanter was approached by one of the nation’s largest agricultural manufacturers to solve a complex logistics problem that the current provider was unable to solve.

Lanter’s team of veterans went to work, and the Overnight Unattended Delivery solution was born. We rapidly created a distribution network that guaranteed the delivery of parts by 8:00 A.M. After a successful pilot and launch, the program was rapidly expanded to Atlanta, Minneapolis, Dallas, NE regions and beyond.

The Overnight Unattended Delivery solution spawned what has become known as the Lanter Shared Network. This is a logistics network that gives us tremendous flexibility and efficiency when crafting a custom solution for our clients. It allows the use of both dedicated and shared solutions to exceed client expectations and increase productivity.

In the late 1990’s we brought this proven, road-tested solution to the auto industry, and our success in that field has established us as a premier Overnight Unattended Delivery provider in the transportation industry.

In the 21st century, we live in a business culture that demands efficiencies in cost and logistics combined with unmatched quality and reliability. Lanter’s strategic, process-driven approach has been embraced by the marketplace, and it is setting new standards in the automotive and agricultural marketplace.

Today, we have a nationwide footprint, operating in every state throughout the continental U.S., and there’s no place we can’t go to meet the logistical needs of virtually any type of business.  That achievement is a tribute to the value we prize above all else – building deep, enduring relationships with the people at Lanter that we call family and the customers that we call partners and friends.

We see a bright future on the road before us, and we are looking forward to bringing our proven solutions to a many new industries and building more extraordinary relationships in the years ahead.

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