LANDSCAPE FIRM GETS MID-ATLANTIC FOOTHOLD.Byline: Jason Z. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Staff Writer CALABASAS - Expanding its presence on the East Coast, national landscape firm Environmental Industries Inc. bought an Oakton, Va.-based landscaping company Wednesday for an undisclosed sum. STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. Landscape Services will operate as a subsidiary of EII's landscape maintenance division, Environmental Care. Company officials said the acquisition gives EII a foothold in the mid- Atlantic region. ``With this acquisition, we can provide superb competitive advantages to a larger segment of the business community and dramatically expand our reach throughout Virginia, North Carolina and greater District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). ,'' Richard A. Sperber, the company's vice president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , said in a statement. Founded in 1949 as Valley Crest Landscape Nurseries, Environmental Industries has 5,500 employees nationwide in five divisions. They include Environmental Care, specializing in landscape maintenance, irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. , water management and tree care; Environmental Golf, which builds and maintains golf courses; Valley Crest, a site development, pre-construction and landscape services company; Valley Crest Tree Co., grower of containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. trees, and U.S. Lawns, a franchise lawn maintenance company. Including revenue from STM Landscape Services, Environmental Industries projects it will have revenues of $500 million this year. STM has annual revenues of $12 million, the companies said. |
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