Ohio Transmission Corp. Acquires Oil-Free Air Provider Critical Rental Solutions
Ohio Transmission Corp., an industrial equipment service provider and distributor headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, this week announced the acquisition of Critical Rental Solutions, a provider of oil-free air and temperature control rental equipment throughout the United States. Critical Rental Solutions will operate under OTC’s Air Supply Group.
Headquartered in Houston for the past 37 years, Critical Rental Solutions has grown to two sales and field service locations in Texas and has approximately 42 employees.
Adam Gibbs, president of OTC’s Air Supply Group, said, “Having CRS join our robust family of compressor brands and products will allow OTC to offer best-in-class compressed air solutions to a wide range of end markets throughout North America. CRS will complement our service and product offerings with their industry knowledge and unique and expansive fleet of oil-free rental compressors, dryers and temperature control units. Whether customers are looking for aftermarket support, new equipment, short term rental solutions or our DirectAIR utility air solution, OTC will now be a one-stop shop with the help of CRS.”
“We are all extremely excited to join the OTC family,” said Mark Shedd, CRS president. “When one starts the process of transitioning a company that they and their team have invested countless hours and efforts to build, it is a very personal experience. It is important that the new partner share a common vision for its people and customers. Given this criteria, we could not have handpicked a better organization than OTC. Our market leading capabilities and customer service will only improve, and I see nothing but positives for all involved.”
With this acquisition, Ohio Transmission Corp. now has 57 locations throughout the United States, along with more than 36 service shops.
The addition of Critical Rental Solutions associates expands Ohio Transmission Corporation’s workforce to nearly 1500 employees.
To learn more about Critical Rental Solutions visit the company website https://criticalrentalsolutions.com/.
Established in 1963, Ohio Transmission Corp. (OTC), https://otcindustrial.com, is one of the largest industrial distributors and service providers in the United States. OTC provides expert solutions for industrial motion control, factory automation, fluid power, pumping systems, spray finishing, power transmission, and compressed air systems. The OTC business is focused into four key segments: Pump Motor Technologies, Air Supply Group, Filtration, Dispensing & Finishing, and Industrial Product Group.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.