Kemco Systems, Clearwater, FL, announced today that it has been acquired by CECO Environmental Corp., a Dallas-based company that serves the industrial air and water and energy-transition markets worldwide. Kemco will join CECO’s industrial water group, according to a news release.

The Kemco acquisition enhances CECO’s North American presence, extending the company’s industrial water- and wastewater-treatment applications reach, while adding new energy-conservation and water-recycling solutions to its product line. CECO also expands into the food processing, commercial laundry and ready-mix concrete markets following the acquisition.

Kemco Systems generated full-year 2022 revenues of approximately $22 million and its leadership team will remain in place to drive the business and work across CECO’s other industrial water businesses to maximize sales and service, the release noted.

“We are excited to join a company that is so well aligned with our mission of helping customers solve their water and energy challenges, and we expect to enhance our value delivery to customers seeking to reduce their environmental footprint, while improving their profitability,” said Tom Vanden Heuvel, vice president and general manager of Kemco Systems. “Working with a group that is placing a greater emphasis on closing the water loop was an important element of our decision-making process. With CECO, we believe our customers will feel the difference that a bigger team with global reach and a broader technology base has to offer.”

Todd Gleason, CEO, CECO Environmental, added that, “I am excited to welcome the Kemco team to CECO and confident that the combination will open new growth opportunities across attractive industrial water markets. The acquisition of Kemco is another important and strategic step to build upon our already strong and diversified industrial-water capabilities, which we have been building with tremendous organic-growth execution and the acquisitions of Compass Water, Index Water, DS21 and General Rubber. Kemco has a tremendous reputation with its strong, blue-chip customer base and an installed base of more than 7,000 systems. When combined with our focused investment programs, we expect to add additional market-leading solutions and capabilities to further solve critical customer problems, while delivering sustainable growth.

“While this acquisition helps expand our North American presence in the water- and wastewater-treatment market, CECO also has the opportunity to introduce these water-recycling and energy-conservation solutions globally as a new offering, especially in regions we already serve where companies are seeking ways to reduce water usage, recycle their wastewater streams and conserve energy.”

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and McDermott, Will & Emery LLP served as advisors to Kemco Systems for this transaction. For more information, visit www.cecoenviro.com.

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