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Outsourcing Waste Hauler Buys Another

Published March 15, 2012
By
Sean Griffey

Outsourcing waste hauler Custom Ecology Inc. has bought another outsourcing waste hauler, First Tee Transport Inc.

New York-based private equity firm Kinderhook Industries LLC, which owns Mableton, Ga.-based Custom Ecology, said in a news release Custom Ecology purchased the company for an undisclosed amount. First Tee, based in Pinehurst, N.C., provides municipal solid waste (MSW) hauling and MSW transfer station loading service for large commercial haulers. The acquisiti...

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