Mon, 02/19/2018 - 15:58

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Transmission Corporation, an industrial equipment service provider and distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, announced the acquisition of Compressed Air Systems, LLC. Compressed Air Systems, LLC, a Louisiana company headquartered in Lafayette, La., is a provider of compressed air products and services to various industries in south Louisiana — from offshore drilling and production to marine, chemical plants, refineries and industrial applications. The company, which also has locations in Baton Rouge, La., and New Orleans, is a Quincy Compressor master distributor. “Louisiana is a vibrant industrial market and provides a great opportunity to expand Ohio Transmission Corporation’s geographic reach in the compressed air business,” said Phil Derrow, president and CEO of Ohio Transmission Corporation. “Our customers rely on us as a supplier-partner with the resources to help them improve their processes and solve problems. Compressed Air Systems’ mission — to always offer its customers the best products on the market and the best service in the industry — falls right in line with our way of serving customers.” The owners of Compressed Air Systems, Gerry Lasseigne, Sr., and his wife, Marianne, will stay with the company during the transition to Ohio Transmission Corp. The company will continue to operate under the same name but as a division of Air Technologies, a compressed air system equipment and service provider that is part of the OTC family of companies. Air Technologies pioneered the fourth-utility concept of compressed air and is the largest independent compressor distributor in North America. With this acquisition, Ohio Transmission Corporation now has 34 locations throughout the South and the Midwest and Northeast regions, along with 14 service shops. The addition of Compressed Air Systems’ 20 associates brings Ohio Transmission Corporation’s existing workforce to more than 900 employees.