CertaSite (Riverside) Acquires Great Lakes Fire & Safety Equipment
January 27, 2021
CertaSite, a Riverside-backed commercial fire protection and life safety platform, has acquired Great Lakes Fire & Safety Equipment, a family-owned fire protection business in Alpena, Michigan. The add-on expands CertaSite's Michigan footprint into the Upper Peninsula and brings nine Great Lakes employees into the CertaSite organization.
- Buyers
- CertaSite, The Riverside Company
- Targets
- Great Lakes Fire & Safety Equipment
- Sellers
- Mick Buvia, Tammy Buvia
- Platforms
- CertaSite
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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