Groome Industrial Service Group Acquires Blasting Solutions, Inc.

Groome Industrial Service Group (Argosy) Acquires Expro Services / Explosive Professionals (ExPro)

September 7, 2021

Industrial Services

Groome Industrial Service Group, an Argosy Private Equity portfolio company, acquired Expro Services, Inc. (also referenced as Explosive Professionals, Inc./ExPro), a Kentucky-based specialist in explosive boiler and HRSG cleaning. The add-on deal expands Groome's industrial maintenance capabilities, creates cross-selling opportunities in power generation and petrochemical markets, and enables penetration into the waste-to-energy sector.

Groome Industrial Service Group Acquires W-S Companies

January 19, 2024

Industrial Services

Groome Industrial Service Group (an Argosy Private Equity portfolio company) acquired W-S Companies, a veteran-owned industrial and mechanical services provider headquartered in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Seacoast Capital and Ironwood Capital provided subordinated debt and co-investment capital to support the acquisition alongside Argosy and existing investors; Bridgepoint advised W-S on the sale.

Ariel Alternatives Acquires Groome Industrial Service Group from Argosy Private Equity

September 9, 2025

Industrial Services

Ariel Alternatives, with a minority co-investment from JPMorgan Chase & Co., has acquired Groome Industrial Service Group from Argosy Private Equity. The transaction gives Ariel a platform in energy and utility services — Groome operates more than 20 U.S. locations with ~900 employees and will leverage Ariel's industry relationships to pursue faster market-share growth and accretive acquisitions.

Superior Environmental Solutions (Palladium) Acquires Hydroblasters Inc.

July 29, 2025

Industrial Services

Superior Environmental Solutions (SES), a Palladium Equity Partners-backed provider of environmental and industrial services, has acquired Hydroblasters Inc., a Wisconsin Rapids-based industrial services firm. The add-on deal expands SES’s footprint and service capabilities in Wisconsin and across the Midwest; financial terms were not disclosed.

Premium Plant Services Acquires US Cleanblast and Emory Industrial Services' Midwest Division

December 12, 2022

Industrial Services

Hibbing, Minnesota-based Premium Plant Services Inc. has acquired Mount Arlington, New Jersey-based US Cleanblast and the Midwest Division of Emory Industrial Services Inc. The transactions expand Premium's geographic footprint in the Northeast and Midwest and bolster its dry ice blasting and industrial cleaning capabilities across power generation, manufacturing, agriculture and food & beverage end markets.

Superior Environmental Solutions Acquires J&S Industrial Services

November 15, 2025

Industrial Services

Superior Environmental Solutions (SES), a Palladium Equity Partners-backed industrial and environmental services platform, has acquired J&S Industrial Services, a Greater St. Louis-area provider of vacuum truck, hydro-excavation, hydroblasting and waste management services. The add-on expands SES's Midwest footprint and operational capacity across Missouri, Illinois and neighboring states to better serve industrial and infrastructure customers.