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BAKER TANKS
ACQUIRIES CAMERON ENVIRONMENTAL
SEAL
BEACH, CA – November 3, 2004 -- Baker Tanks, based in Seal
Beach, Calif., announces the acquisition of Cameron Environmental,
Inc. (CEI), a leader in high quality, specialty media filtration
services. CEI provides water and air filtration services to a diverse
customer base including the industrial, construction/remediation
and municipal markets. Operating predominantly in the Western United
States, CEI provides technical support, activated carbon and specialty
media filtration, related media services and rental equipment.
“The
acquisition of CEI is perfectly aligned with our filtration growth
strategy. The Company brings the critical technical expertise and
experience base to supplement Baker Tanks’ strong market presence
and operating infrastructure,” said Bryan Livingston, CEO
of Baker Tanks. “Mr. Emanuel (the Seller and former CEO) will
stay on board as Vice President and will lead Baker Tanks’
filtration business nationally. These are exciting times for Baker
Tanks given the strong growth in both our traditional business and
in new products and markets. This acquisition serves as another
key step in our continued efforts to expand our service offering,”
added Livingston.
Baker
Tanks has led the industry in liquid containment for more than 60
years and offers the industry’s largest rental fleet of tanks,
boxes, pumps and filtration equipment. Nationally recognized as
the industry pioneer in innovative solutions, unsurpassed service,
and an unmatched ability to respond, Baker Tanks continues to maintain
its leadership role with more equipment, more solutions, and more
locations than any one else in the business.
Baker
Tanks continues to seek acquisition opportunities which strategically
complement its core equipment rental business in steel tanks, roll-off
boxes, poly-tanks, pumps and filtration.
About
Baker Tanks
Since
pioneering the industry over 60 years ago, Baker Tanks has grown
to become the largest and most experienced liquid and solids containment
rental company in the world. Founded in 1942, Baker Tanks focused
primarily on renting steel temporary storage tanks to the oil field
industry. Today, they inventory over 15,000 pieces of equipment
with more than 17 varieties of tanks, roll off boxes, pumps, filtration
and specialty equipment. Baker provides innovative solutions to
an ever-expanding number of markets that include: Chemical, Manufacturing,
Refining, Construction, Municipal, Industrial services, Environmental,
Remediation, Power generation, Aerospace, Food processing, Tank
terminal/pipeline operations, Transportation, Pulp and paper, Mining,
Electronics Wastewater, and many others.
Baker
Tanks is owned by Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC (CHS). Founded
in 1988, CHS is a private equity firm that manages approximately
$1.5 billion in capital in four funds. CHS focuses on building shareholder
value in middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies
through strong relationships with management teams and sound investment
strategies.
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Contacts
Amber Reimers
Marketing Administrator
areimers@bakertanks.com
T: 562-430-6262 |
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