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ML Utilities Acquires Utility Equipment Service
The purchase positions ML Utilities to better serve their growing customer base throughout middle Tennessee and the surrounding region with a wide range of mobile and shop services for utility equipment.

The purchase positions ML Utilities to better serve their growing customer base throughout middle Tennessee and the surrounding region with a wide range of mobile and shop services for utility equipment.
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ML Utilities, a solution for fleet maintenance, inspections, repair, and management services to the utility sector, announced Sept. 8 it has acquired Spring Hill, Tennessee-based Utility Equipment Service (UES). The purchase positions ML Utilities to better serve their growing customer base throughout middle Tennessee and the surrounding region with a wide range of mobile and shop services for utility equipment that includes aerial devices, pressure diggers, boom trucks, digger derricks, and related support equipment.
The acquisition expands ML Utilities’ footprint beyond the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Midwest regions. Along with locations in Charlotte, North Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and now, Spring Hill, Tennessee, ML Utilities’ team of technicians’ provides services to fleet owners and customers throughout Maryland, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
Established in Franklin, Tennessee, in 1981 before moving to its current Spring Hill location in 2001, UES has specialized in new and used sales, upfitting, rental, parts and accessories, shop repair, and maintenance of service trucks. As part of ML Utilities, the company will complement their shop service capabilities with additional mobile field units providing ANSI inspections, annual DOT certifications, dielectric testing, hydraulic diagnostics, utility fleet repair, custom fabrication, lube and chassis services, and more. All functions are safely performed by an experienced team of highly trained service technicians.
ML Utilities’ ability to recruit talented technicians, implement stringent safety protocols in the shop and field, and provide extensive resources and training programs under an experienced leadership team has served as a successful launching pad for the organization.
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