Environmental Services Acquisitions in Missouri

Landscape Workshop, a Birmingham-based commercial grounds management platform backed by Ares Management, has acquired Brummel Lawn & Landscape LLC to establish a presence in the Kansas City, Missouri market. Brummel's founder Nick Brummel joins Landscape Workshop in a senior role and all Brummel employees will transition to Landscape Workshop as part of the add-on deal.

4M Building Solutions has acquired Brokate Janitorial, a Springfield, Missouri–based commercial cleaning and janitorial services provider. The acquisition — completed with backing from O2 Investment Partners — adds more than 175 employees and roughly 3 million square feet of serviced space, strengthening 4M's Missouri footprint as an add-on to its platform.

Heritage Environmental Services, an EQT Infrastructure portfolio company, has completed the acquisition of EBV Explosives Environmental Company, Inc. from General Dynamics. The purchase adds EBV's 55-acre demilitarization and energetic waste disposal facility near Joplin, Missouri — including incineration and thermal treatment assets — to Heritage's network, expanding its explosives demilitarization and incineration capabilities.

R&R Sanitation, a Greenleaf Capital Partners portfolio company, has acquired Outdoor Restrooms, Inc. (ORI), a portable restroom provider headquartered in Raytown, Missouri. The add-on expands R&R Sanitation’s service area in the greater Kansas City market and brings ORI’s portable restroom, VIP trailer and sanitation-station capabilities into the R&R platform; terms were not disclosed.

PestCo Holdings, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, has acquired the assets of PestShield, LLC, a St. Louis-based provider of residential pest-control services that partners with homebuilders to pre-install preventive pest-control systems. The add-on expands PestCo's presence in the greater St. Louis area; terms were not disclosed.

Regional waste and recycling hauler Cards Holdings LLC (CARDS) has acquired Oregon County Public Waste (OCPW), expanding its footprint in southern Missouri. The acquisition densifies route coverage, strengthens municipal and commercial service capabilities (including permanent roll-off services), and supports growth of Cards' subscription residential and commercial offerings.

Senske Services has acquired Pro Turf & Pro Pest Solutions, a Kansas City–area lawn care and pest control company serving Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. The deal brings roughly 75 employees and nearly 20,000 customers into Senske's portfolio as the company makes its first expansion into the U.S. Midwest; co-owners Scott and Staci Doss will transition while Scott Doss remains leading day-to-day operations.

Pritzker Private Capital has acquired HeartLand, a Kansas City–headquartered commercial landscaping platform, from Sterling Investment Partners. The investment, made alongside HeartLand founder Ed Schatz and members of management, will support the company's continued geographic and service expansion across the United States.

HCAP Partners has made a growth equity investment in Simplified E‑Solutions (SES), a Hazelwood, Missouri–based zero waste to landfill material processing and management company; Champlain Capital led the transaction. The capital will be used to accelerate SES’s growth, expand its zero‑waste services to new geographies and customers, and support job creation and operations expansion; terms were not disclosed.

Cards Recycling, headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, has acquired Raintree Disposal of Forsyth, Missouri. Raintree serves more than 5,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Branson market; local management and employees will remain in place and terms were not disclosed.

Greenleaf Capital Partners has acquired R&R Sanitation, Inc., a provider of portable restrooms and roll-off dumpsters serving the greater St. Louis and St. Charles, Missouri markets. Terms were not disclosed; Greenleaf said the investment will help R&R scale in its existing market and pursue expansion into new geographic markets.

RSI EnTech, an ASRC Industrial (AIS) company, has acquired Envirachem, a Maryland Heights, Missouri-based provider of radiological, chemical and environmental services. The acquisition expands RSI's specialty radiological and environmental service capabilities and extends AIS's portfolio of environmental services for federal and commercial clients.

PestCo Holdings, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, has acquired Reliable Pest Solutions, a Hannibal, Missouri-based provider of residential and commercial pest control services across Missouri, Illinois and Iowa. The transaction is an add-on acquisition to expand PestCo's footprint in the Midwest; terms were not disclosed.

Strategic Materials, Inc. (SMI), North America’s largest glass recycler based in Houston, acquired Kansas City–based Ripple Glass. The acquisition is intended to expand SMI’s glass collection capabilities and increase glass recovery rates across North America; all Ripple Glass employees were retained.

Water Engineering, a portfolio company of Nolan Capital, has acquired American Water Treatment, a family-owned water treatment services provider headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The acquisition adds American Water’s ~900-customer, multi-state footprint to the WEI platform as an add-on to expand geographic coverage and service capabilities while retaining the existing team and legacy brand.

PestCo Holdings, a portfolio company of Thompson Street Capital Partners, has acquired Mick's Exterminating, a residential and commercial pest control company based in O'Fallon, Missouri. The deal is an add-on to PestCo's roll-up strategy to consolidate the fragmented pest control market and expand its presence in the St. Louis region; terms were not disclosed.

INTREN, a MasTec company, has acquired Shade Tree Service Company, a vegetation management contractor based in Fenton, Missouri. The acquisition expands INTREN's vegetation management capabilities and geographic coverage to better serve electric and telecommunications clients across the United States.

HEPACO, a Gryphon Investors-backed environmental services platform, has acquired Environmental Management Alternatives (EMA), a St. Louis-based provider of hazardous waste brokerage, recycling, emergency response, remediation, and industrial cleaning services. The acquisition expands HEPACO's geographic footprint into St. Louis and adds national hazardous waste brokerage and recycling capabilities; EMA founders Tim and Mike Hylla joined HEPACO management and retained a minority equity stake.

HES Facilities LLC, backed by private equity firm Nautic Partners, has acquired WFF Facility Services and Clean‑Tech Company in a deal that consolidates regional janitorial, groundskeeping, and facility management capabilities under HES. The transaction positions HES as a national leader in education‑focused facilities management and will keep WFF and Clean‑Tech management (including Jonathan Campbell and the Fiala family) as shareholders and operators while Nautic and HES drive further add‑on growth.

KKR and XPV Water Partners' water-quality platform has acquired Environmental Dynamics International (EDI) and will integrate EDI into platform company Nexom to expand nutrient-management and aeration capabilities. EDI, a Columbia, Missouri–based manufacturer of diffused aeration systems founded in 1975, will combine with Nexom under Nexom CEO Martin Hildebrand to broaden the platform's municipal and industrial wastewater offerings.

Westport, Connecticut-based Sterling Investment Partners made a majority equity investment in HeartLand, LLC, a Kansas City-based commercial landscape management platform, in partnership with HeartLand management. The transaction represents Great Range Capital’s sale of its portfolio company after building HeartLand through multiple regional acquisitions; Sterling will partner with management to support continued growth across the Midwest and Mountain West.

Sterling Investment Partners has made a majority equity investment in HeartLand, a commercial landscape and facilities services platform headquartered in Kansas City. The partnership with founder Edward Schatz Jr. and management will support HeartLand’s plans to scale and expand its geographic reach across the Central United States; terms were not disclosed.