Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Acquires Tesco of Houma, Louisiana.

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services, North America's largest industrial scaffolding company with 95+ branches worldwide, today announced the acquisition of privately owned Tesco, Inc., of Houma, Louisiana. For the past 36 years, Tesco has provided quality blasting, coatings and specialty fabrication for a vast variety of oil field service companies, shipyard and marine operations in Louisiana's Gulf Coast region.

This strategic acquisition provides Brand with an excellent infrastructure for multi-craft services and allows the company to take advantage of Tesco's market position as a leader coating services in this region of the country. The move also signals the company's key business objectives and growth initiatives.

According to Marty McGee, president of Brand Energy, Southwest Region, "Tesco's strong presence in the area gives us the capability to provide turnkey solution to our marine and offshore customers and provides a solid foundation on which to build our multi-craft services."

With rental assets of more than $400 million and the industry's largest pool of skilled scaffold builders, engineers and project managers, Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services is a world leader in scaffolding and concrete construction forming and shoring. The company serves industrial and commercial construction markets through the following key business units: Industrial Scaffolding, Commercial Scaffolding, Concrete Construction, Insulation, Carpentry, Special Events and Safety Services.