Our Story

The Dicom story began in 1968 in Quebec and officially became GLS in 2018 upon acquisition by General Logistics Systems B.V. (GLS), part of Royal Mail Group, in Europe. For more than 50 years, our values are at the heart of our organization and are reflected in all that we do for our employees, partners and customers. As part of the GLS Group, our family is simply getting bigger!

We are now GLS – We Deliver!

1968 Dicom Express is founded in Quebec as a same-day, on-demand messenger business.
		1980 Dicom Express starts to leverage its network to begin servicing commercial customers.
1989 The founding of German Parcel (German franchise system) takes place in Germany.
		1991 Dicom Express expands the network into Ontario and GoJIT is introduced to provide expedited LTL services for commercial customers.
1999 Royal Mail Group acquires German Parcel and General Logistics Systems (GLS) is founded.
		2014 Dicom Express and GoJIT are acquired by private equity to establish Dicom Transportation Group offering a full suite of transportation services for parcel, freight and logistics.
2016 Dicom introduces cross-border services.
		2018 On August 30, 2018, Dicom is acquired by General Logistics Systems B.V. (GLS), a subsidiary of Royal Mail.
2018 Dicom begins delivering international parcel shipments from the United Kingdom into Canada.
		2019 The first GLS parcel van hits the road in Canada.
2019 The first GLS trailers are added to the network across Ontario and Quebec.
		2020 The GLS networks continue to expand and integrate. International services will begin from Canada to 41 countries worldwide!
2021 GLS introduces a refreshed brand identity that embodies the company’s ambitions!
		2023 GLS now offers direct transportation services from coast-to-coast with the acquisition of Altimax Courier (2006) Limited in the Maritimes