ASV stockholders approve acquisition by Yanmar
ASV stockholders voted to adopt the merger agreement for ASV to be acquired by Yanmar America Corporation, expected to close Sept. 11. read more
BrightView acquires Pro Scapes
BrightView Holdings acquired Pro Scapes, a commercial landscaping company headquartered in Jamesville, N.Y. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Pro Scapes began as a one-man operation in the mid-1970s. Under the leadership of founder Rick Kier and his wife, Karen L. Kier, the company grew to become a leading grounds care provider in central New York. The company... read more
Bartlett Tree Experts acquires Urban Forestry Services
Bartlett Tree Experts acquired Urban Forestry Services, a horticulture, arboriculture and urban forestry consulting company that has been operating out of Mount Vernon, Wash., since 1990. The new operation will be known as Urban Forestry Services | Bartlett Consulting. This acquisition furthers the expansion of the company’s consulting division, which also includes HortScience | Bartlett Consulting, the United Kingdom and... read more
Innovative Turf Services’ team to join Advanced Turf Solutions
Advanced Turf Solutions, an independent and employee-owned green industry distributor, plans to expand its business into the commonwealth of Virginia this fall. In anticipation of this expansion, the company will be purchasing most of Innovative Turf Services’ operational assets. Additionally, Marc Petrus, president of the Virginia-based distributor, Innovative Turf Services, is joining the Advanced Turf Solutions team starting Sept. 1.... read more
Davey adds 2 Canadian companies to its organization
Dominion Tree Service in Windsor, Ontario, and Mountain Maple Garden & Tree Service in Vancouver, British Columbia, have joined Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada. Dominion provides residential and commercial tree care services, operating out of its office in Windsor. Dominion has approximately a dozen employees, who will all remain. Owner Robert Laliberty is also staying on as a production... read more
Juniper Landscaping acquires assets of Coast to Coast Landscaping
Juniper Landscaping, a landscape service provider based in Fort Myers, Fla., has acquired the assets of Coast to Coast Landscaping, along with its affiliated companies. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Juniper Landscaping came in at No. 22 on the 2019 LM150 list with $71 million in 2018 annual revenue. The Coast to Coast companies (Southeast Irrigation, Coast to... read more
