Northern Crane Acquires Scorpion Industries

September 9, 2013 - Edmonton, Alberta-based NC Services Group Ltd., otherwise known as Northern Crane, has entered into an agreement to acquire all shares of Scorpion Industries.

 

Scorpion was founded and built by Shawn and Sonia Pevach, growing into a leading supplier of fully operated and maintained boom truck and oilfield services in the heavy oil regions of Alberta.

 

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Scorpion Industries to help service the fast-growing Bonnyville/Cold Lake, Wabasca, and Conklin markets," said Ted Redmond, president and CEO of NCSG. "There are numerous SAGD and heavy oil sites both under construction and in need of reoccurring maintenance services in this region, and Scorpion is a major supplier to those sites with an outstanding reputation for safety and customer service."

 

Shawn Pevach will remain with the company as regional director, responsible for all operations in the Bonnyville/Cold Lake and Wabasca areas. "We will continue to provide our clients with all our existing services and enhance these services with additional equipment from NCSG's crane and heavy-haul operations," said Shawn. "Our locally based employees will continue to provide outstanding service to our many loyal customers. With access to the NCSG safety and engineering team and a combined fleet of over 280 cranes/boom trucks, 200 lines of hydraulic platform trailers, 190 conventional trailers, and 65 tractors, we will be able to meet all of our customers' project, turnaround, and maintenance crane rental, hauling and other oilfield services needs."