Aker Solutions has recently agreed to buy 70 percent of Brazilian C.S.E. Mecânica e Instrumentação Ltda, building on a strategy to expand its services business in key international markets. The agreement includes an option to purchase the remaining 30 percent of the company three years after the expected close of the transaction by the end of the first quarter of 2017.
The acquisition gives Aker Solutions access to Brazil’s growing market for servicing existing oil and gas fields. C.S.E., which had revenue of BRL 322 million in 2015, provides maintenance, assembly, commissioning and crane operation services at offshore and onshore facilities.
“Aker Solutions has established a solid presence and reputation in Brazil’s oil and gas market over the past 40 years and entry into the country’s brownfield segment is an attractive growth opportunity,” said Chief Executive Officer Luis Araujo. “Joining forces with a successful local player like C.S.E. fits well with the internationalization of our services business, allowing us to bring our competence, knowledge and experience within this field to this important and growing region.”
To ensure continuity, the owners of C.S.E., Altair Dietrich, the chief executive officer, and Luiz Joanello, the chief commercial officer, will stay on with the company. C.S.E. will remain a separate legal entity with a management team consisting of personnel from each company.
