Davey makes three acquisitions

KENT, Ohio – The Davey Tree Expert Co. is continuing to grow with the acquisitions of Complete Tree Service of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Osborne Brothers Tree Service of Mentor, Ohio; and Marshall’s Tree Service of Orlando, Fla., as well as the expansion of its residential/commercial operations in Columbus, Ohio.

These strategic acquisitions make a total of 19 for Davey in the past five years. They follow Davey's April 2011 acquisition of Tree Health Professionals of Campbell, Calif.
 
“We are excited to welcome these companies and their talented teams into the Davey family.  We have no doubt they will benefit from Davey’s technology and equipment resources, research and development capability, and of course the culture of employee ownership,” said Steve Marshall, Davey executive vice president, operations.

Davey’s Executive Vice President, Operations Pat Covey said that Davey is committed to future growth – organically and through acquisitions. “We will continue to focus on quality companies with customer demographics that are similar to our own, within markets where we want to grow density,” he said. “Our intent is always to pick up talented, safety conscious employees intent on providing high level customer service.”