CST Utilities Acquires Daystar Directional Drilling

CST Utilities Acquires Precise Boring of Ohio

June 24, 2024

Infrastructure

CST Utilities acquired Precise Boring of Ohio, a Lancaster-based provider of underground utility and boring services, expanding CST’s footprint and service capabilities across Ohio and the Midwest. The acquisition is intended to combine resources and expertise to deliver enhanced utility infrastructure services to local utilities, telecoms, and contractors.

Star Equity Holdings Acquires Alliance Drilling Tools, LLC

March 3, 2025

Industrial Services

Star Equity Holdings, a diversified holding company based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, has acquired Alliance Drilling Tools, LLC (ADT), a Wyoming- and Texas-based drilling equipment supply and repair business. The transaction transfers ownership of ADT — which operates facilities in Midland, Texas; Casper and Evanston, Wyoming; and Vernal, Utah — to Star as the company moves into its next phase of growth.

Westerwood Global Acquires NSTAR Global Services

February 1, 2023

Industrial Services

Westerwood Global acquired NSTAR Global Services effective February 1, 2023. The acquisition combines Westerwood's managed workforce solutions with NSTAR's asset relocation, facility and equipment services to create a broader asset lifecycle management and workforce solutions provider for the semiconductor and high-technology manufacturing industries.

USTC Corp Acquires Comstar Supply

August 9, 2021

Telecommunications

USTC Corp, a Carlyle-backed value-added distributor of telecommunications materials, has acquired Comstar Supply, a national distributor of outside plant materials and tools. The acquisition expands USTC's footprint to seven U.S. distribution locations and broadens its product and supply-chain service offerings; financial terms were not disclosed.

CAI Capital Partners Acquires LineStar Utility Supply

October 4, 2022

Industrial Services

CAI Capital Partners has made a platform investment in LineStar Utility Supply Inc., a Canadian distributor of powerline technician tools and safety equipment with distribution centers across British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Management (including Brian L'Heureux, Greg Payne and Brian Colledge) retained a meaningful equity stake and co-founders remain involved; CAI's investment is the sixth platform from CAI Capital Partners VI and was financed with debt from Scotiabank.

MFG Partners, with PNC Mezzanine and Centerfield, Invests in CST Utilities (Chuck's Septic Tank & I-Bore)

November 17, 2022

Industrial Services

MFG Partners has completed an investment in Chuck's Septic Tank and Drain Cleaning, Inc., CST Utilities, LLC, and I-Bore, LLC (collectively "CST"), in partnership with PNC Mezzanine Capital and Centerfield Capital Partners. CST, founded in 1969 and headquartered in Grove City, Ohio, is a turnkey underground infrastructure services provider offering excavation, boring, drain cleaning and related pumping services to public utilities, telecom providers and other businesses; the deal is positioned as a platform investment to support the company's long-term growth.