SES strengthens industrial services with ChemWorx purchase
Superior Environmental Solutions recently acquired ChemWorx, a Decatur, Alabama-based provider of specialized chemical cleaning services. The transaction represents SES's 12th acquisition.
The addition of ChemWorx reflects the company’s continued focus on expanding differentiated specialty services capabilities, including highly technical chemical cleaning expertise, as part of an integrated, customer-focused industrial services platform, while deepening its presence in attractive industrial regions across the Southeast, SES reported.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“ChemWorx adds a highly technical capability that we believe will further differentiate SES in the markets we serve,” SES CEO John Stevens said in a news release. “Their team has built strong customer relationships and a reputation for safe, high-quality execution. We’re excited to welcome ChemWorx to SES as we continue investing in capability expansion and regional growth with support from [private-equity owner] Palladium."
The combined SES and ChemWorx will provide core and specialty industrial services, including high-pressure water jetting, vacuum equipment services, automated services, tank cleaning, and other technical services to existing ChemWorx customers, SES said.
Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Decatur, ChemWorx is known for executing high-complexity chemical cleaning work that supports safe operations, uptime improvement, and improved reliability at customer facilities. The company provides services that include heat exchanger and boiler chemical cleaning, fin fan foaming, chemical degassing and degreasing, and reactive and non-reactive chemistry applications to chemical, refining, and industrial customers across the Midwest, South, and Southeast.
“We built ChemWorx by focusing on technical excellence, responsiveness, and safety,” ChemWorx founders John Hawkins and Jim Schexnayder said in a joint statement. “Joining SES gives our team additional resources and a broader platform to expand our reach while maintaining the high standards our customers expect.
“We’re looking forward to the opportunities ahead.”