{"id":51034,"date":"2019-08-15T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=51034"},"modified":"2019-08-15T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:06:22","slug":"gprs-locates-and-acquires-master-locators-becoming-one-of-the-largest-privately-held-utility-locating-companies-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/gprs-locates-and-acquires-master-locators-becoming-one-of-the-largest-privately-held-utility-locating-companies-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"GPRS Locates and Acquires Master Locators &#8211; Becoming One of the Largest Privately Held Utility Locating Companies in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC (\u201cGPRS\u201d), has acquired Master Locators utility locating business (\u201cMaster Locators\u201d), a leading provider of private utility locating, concrete scanning, vacuum excavation, SUE and video pipe inspection services. Master Locators\u2019 clients include utilities, engineering firms, and contractors who rely on its services to identify and map the presence of subsurface structures using ground penetrating radar and other locating techniques. Master Locators represents the fourth acquisition for GPRS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0815-master-locators-gprs-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Master Locators - a GPRS Company\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0815-master-locators-gprs-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/19-0815-master-locators-gprs-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><br \/>\n\u201cThis is a terrific opportunity for us,\u201d said Gus Sareyka, President of Master Locators. \u201cThe new partnership with GPRS and CIVC gives us additional capital and resources, enabling Master Locators to better serve our customers and support our growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Sareyka, Chief Operating Officer of Master Locators, added, \u201cGPRS is the market leader in the private locating industry and we are excited to partner with Matt Aston and his team to continue to extend GPRS\u2019 leadership position.\u201d Kyle Sareyka will join GPRS as the Regional Director of the company\u2019s Northeast Region. Master Locators\u2019 Vacuum Excavation business will form a new company Level A Underground Solutions that will continue to service its existing customers and work closely with GPRS to provide a full suite of subsurface utility engineering solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Master Locators enhances GPRS\u2019 market position in the private utility locating, concrete scanning, and video pipe inspection markets by adding scale to GPRS\u2019 existing business in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland, and Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaster Locators represents a highly complementary acquisition for GPRS that enhances our market position in several rapidly growing regions,\u201d said Matt Aston, President of GPRS. \u201cMaster Locators operates with strong core values around humility, integrity and passion. We are excited to collaborate with Master Locators\u2019 management team to better serve our customers\u2019 current and future needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About GPRS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>GPRS, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, provides private utility locating and concrete scanning services to utilities, contractors, engineering firms and environmental consultants in every major market in the United States. To learn more, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gp-radar.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.gp-radar.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Master Locators:<\/strong><br \/>\nMaster Locators is headquartered in Glen Mills, PA providing private utility locating services primarily in the northeast and mid-Atlantic areas. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/masterlocators.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/masterlocators.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Level A Underground Solutions:<\/strong><br \/>\nLevel A is headquartered in Glen Mills, PA providing vacuum excavation and SUE services in the northeast and mid-Atlantic areas. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/levelaunderground.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/levelaunderground.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*LOGO link for media: Send2Press.com\/300dpi\/19-814s2p-master-locators-300dpi.jpg<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>GPRS<br \/>\nJason Schaff<br \/>\nTelephone: 303-945-5415<br \/>\njason.schaff@gprsinc.com<\/p>\n<p>Master Locators<br \/>\nJami Roblejo<br \/>\nTelephone: 610-358-0172<br \/>\njami.roblejo@masterlocators.com<\/p>\n<p>Level A Underground Solutions<br \/>\nKevin Sareyka<br \/>\nTelephone: 610-721-7443<br \/>\nkevin.sareyka@masterlocators.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, LLC (&#8220;GPRS&#8221;), has acquired Master Locators utility locating business (&#8220;Master Locators&#8221;), a leading provider of private utility locating, concrete scanning, vacuum excavation, SUE and video pipe inspection services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7716,"featured_media":50978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,1,167,421,20],"tags":[11759,11760,11762,11761],"class_list":["post-51034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-news","category-business-news","category-energy-news","category-mergers-acquisitions-news","category-ohio-news","tag-ground-penetrating-radar","tag-level-a-underground-solutions","tag-utility-locating","tag-vacuum-excavation","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":7458,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}