Thu, 02/26/2015 - 00:00

CHARLESTOWN, Md. (Feb. 26, 2015) – Becht Engineering Co., Inc., headquartered in New Jersey, has announced that it has acquired The CECON Group, Inc., located in Wilmington, Delaware. Terms of the transaction were not announced. Becht Engineering provides engineering consulting services to the energy sector including oil and gas production, refining, petrochemical, chemical, industrial gas, alternative energy, and fossil and nuclear power sectors. The company has twelve offices in the U.S. and Canada and has further expansion plans. It is celebrating its 50th year in business. CECON manages a network of science, engineering, and technical business consultants to provide consulting services to multiple industries and market sectors, including expert witnesses for legal firms. The company, which was started by DuPont retirees, has consultants located in 47 states and over 20 countries and is celebrating its 30th year in business. CECON LLC is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Becht Engineering and continues to provide the same broad array of science and engineering services to its clients in multiple market sectors as before. “Both companies will be able to leverage the collective breadth and depth of their respective resources and market presence to provide enhanced technical services to their clients,” stated Dr. Charles Becht IV, president of Becht Engineering.