Press Release: HEPACO : HEPACO Acquires ERTS

HEPACO, LLC (“HEPACO”), a leading provider of environmental and emergency response services across 28 offices in the eastern United States, announced today that it has acquired Emergency Response & Training Solutions (“ERTS” or “the Company”). Based in Jacksonville, FL, ERTS is a leading provider of emergency response services to Fortune 500 companies through a national network of third-party vendors. ERTS Founder and President Clay Richter and Executive Vice President Amanda Stevens will continue to lead ERTS after the closing of the acquisition and have made significant equity investments in HEPACO. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. HEPACO is majority-owned by San Francisco-based Gryphon Investors, a leading middle market private equity firm, which purchased the Company in August 2016.