- Arcwood Environmental acquired Livonia, Michigan-based ERG Environmental to expand its Great Lakes footprint.
- ERG adds hazardous waste management and technical services such as remediation, lab packing, regulatory training, and emergency response for industrial, municipal, and tribal customers.
- The deal continues Arcwood’s recent acquisition spree following Innovative Recycling Technologies (Aug 2025) and MXI Environmental (Jan 2026).
- Brown Gibbons Lang advised ERG, and financial terms were not disclosed.
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The acquisition of ERG Environmental by Arcwood Environmental (formerly Heritage Environmental Services) consolidates expertise, service breadth, and regional presence. ERG, founded in 1995 and based in Livonia, Michigan, brings integrated special waste management and environmental technical services across Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio, which complements Arcwood’s national platform.
The strategic value arises from both geographic expansion and capability enhancement. Geographically, this acquisition strengthens Arcwood’s operations in the Great Lakes region, specifically in Michigan and neighboring states, enabling closer proximity to regional industrial clients and potential cost savings through reduced travel, logistics, and regulatory familiarity.
Capability-wise, ERG fills technical gaps and bolsters offerings including lab packing, mercury and PCB management, regulatory training, and emergency response—all areas of increasing regulatory and environmental compliance focus. Together with recent acquisitions—Innovative Recycling Technologies and MXI—Arcwood is actively building end-to-end hazardous and non-hazardous waste solutions, reinforcing its household hazardous waste, recycling, transport, disposal, and compliance service lines.
Financially and structurally, the deal was guided by Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, but key terms such as purchase price, EBITDA multiples, or integration cost estimates remain undisclosed. This lack of transparency leaves open questions about deal economics, post-merger integration risk, and how this fits into broader capital strategy under EQT Infrastructure’s ownership of Arcwood.
Open questions include: How will Arcwood integrate ERG’s workforce, culture, safety practices to maintain compliance and reputation? What are projected synergies in cost reduction or cross-selling? What exposure does Arcwood now have to regional regulatory risk in the Great Lakes corridor, particularly Michigan’s evolving environmental policy environment? Also, given the serial acquisitions, how quickly can Arcwood standardize operations across diverse legacy firms without diluting service standards?
Supporting Notes
- ERG, based in Livonia, Michigan; founded in 1995; provides services including hazardous waste solutions, remediation, lab packing, regulatory training, and waste characterization.
- Arcwood Environmental is building national scale: this ERG acquisition is its second in three months; other recent acquisitions include Innovative Recycling Technologies (Aug 2025) and MXI Environmental (Jan 2026).
- Seller-side adviser: Brown Gibbons Lang & Company served as exclusive financial advisor to ERG in the transaction.
- ERG’s regional presence: Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio—those states form vital parts of the Great Lakes industrial corridor.
- Arcwood was formerly Heritage Environmental Services and was rebranded in March 2025 following acquisition by EQT Infrastructure.
- ERG’s service sectors include industrial, municipal, and tribal clients; its certified team supports mercury, PCB, household hazardous waste, and emergency response services.