Champion Painting Specialty Services Corp. Acquires WRS Environmental Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services Acquires CSRS

July 2, 2025

Engineering Services

Westwood Professional Services, a Plano, Texas–based design and engineering firm, has acquired CSRS, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana–based development advisory and program management consulting firm. The deal expands Westwood’s footprint into Louisiana (adding four offices), adds locations in Texas and Southern California, and brings new capabilities including comprehensive program management, grants management, owner's representation, and governmental advisory.

Waste Services Group Acquires CSA Specialised Services and APC

May 2, 2023

Environmental Services

Waste Services Group (WSG), a Livingbridge-backed Australian waste management platform, has completed two add-on acquisitions: CSA Specialised Services, a liquid waste and environmental services operator, and APC (APrince Consulting), a waste and sustainability consultancy. The deals expand WSG’s end-to-end waste capabilities, strengthen liquid waste and post-collection treatment services, and advance its ESG and sustainability consulting offering for clients across commercial, infrastructure and public sectors.

Crystal Clean Acquires Premium Environmental Services, Worldwide Recovery Systems and Yuma Environmental Services

February 13, 2025

Environmental Services

Crystal Clean, a portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company, has completed acquisitions of Premium Environmental Services (PES) and the combined operations of Worldwide Recovery Systems (WRS) and YES Management (d/b/a Yuma Environmental Services). The add-on deals expand Crystal Clean’s eastern and western U.S. footprint, enhance its waste collection, transport and disposal capabilities, and support targeted vertical integration and synergies with its branch and industrial services network.

Blue Point-Backed TAS Environmental Services Acquires Environmental Concepts & Services (ECS)

December 12, 2023

Environmental Services

Blue Point Capital Partners-backed TAS Environmental Services has acquired Environmental Concepts & Services (ECS), a family-owned waste transportation and non-hazardous waste treatment provider based in Springfield, Tennessee. The acquisition is the fifth add-on for the TAS platform since Blue Point's 2019 investment and expands TAS' wastewater and waste treatment capabilities across the Southern United States.

TAS Environmental Services Acquires Specialized Waste Systems

January 8, 2020

Environmental Services

TAS Environmental Services, a Fund IV portfolio company of Blue Point Capital Partners, acquired Specialized Waste Systems (SWS) of Channelview, Texas in a transaction that closed in late December 2019. SWS — founded in 1978 with more than 70 employees and over $32 million in annual revenue — provides hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, transportation, container rental and washout services; the deal is TAS's third add-on since Blue Point acquired the platform in May 2019.

Platform Partners Completes Minority Investment in Process Service Specialists

August 4, 2020

Industrial Services

Platform Partners LLC completed a minority equity investment in Process Service Specialists, LLC (PSS), a specialty mechanical contractor and turnaround services provider headquartered in Gonzales, Louisiana. Platform partnered with strategic co-investors Bruce Ross (OFS Energy Fund), Adam Zylman (Grey Owl Partners) and Dave Fanta to support PSS's continued growth, infrastructure investment and capability expansion while co-founders Keith Harrison and Roy Stilley remain in leadership roles.