Alliance Technical Group (ACP-backed) Acquires Air Quality Services (AQS)
April 1, 2021
Alliance Technical Group, the environmental testing and compliance platform backed by Align Capital Partners, has acquired Air Quality Services (AQS), a 1998-founded provider of stack testing, ambient air monitoring, and CEMS services based in Evansville, Indiana. The add-on expands Alliance’s service capabilities into continuous emissions monitoring and strengthens its Midwest footprint.
- Buyers
- Alliance Technical Group, Align Capital Partners
- Targets
- Air Quality Services
- Platforms
- Alliance Technical Group
- Industry
- Environmental Services
- Location
- Indiana, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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