Big event rental company Peachtree Tents and Events, with operations in Atlanta and Nashville, Tenn., announced this week the acquisition of three companies: Tents Unlimited, Event Flooring Solutions, and Event Rentals Unlimited, with operations in Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
"We are excited to join forces and expand our growth throughout the Southeast,” Joe Freedman, CEO of Peachtree, said in a statement. “The institutional knowledge of [ERU] owners Dan Nolan, Sam Wodetzki and Arnie Seyden is a great addition to our executive management team at Peachtree.”
The ERU group is listed at No. 18 on the latest Special Events “30 Top Rental Companies.
"We share common values and will continue to operate with the same commitment to clients and staff that we have always had,” Dan Nolan III said in statement. "By joining Peachtree, the partnership will expand our event rental family and give our team members meaningful opportunities for professional and personal growth.”
Nolan tells Special Events that that Peachtree offer “made sense” for his team and adds, “We’re still a partner. There are no changes expected in personnel or operations.”
Nolan adds that the move “gives our combined employees a real shot at growing personally and professionally, and we now have access to capital to make whatever we need to run profitably much easier. Our businesses are very similar and are operated with the same core principals of service and quality.”
“This partnership expands our service offerings into Birmingham and gives us a platform to execute large tent and flooring jobs throughout the United States," Peachtree chief marketing officer Jeff Terry said in a statement. “With more than 1 million square feet of tents and 250,000 square feet of flooring, we can execute any size job.”
