Custom Truck One Source

Active North America Industrials Equipment Rental

Leading provider of specialty equipment for infrastructure-focused end markets

Company Overview

  • Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) is a one-stop-shop provider of specialty equipment serving the electric transmission and distribution (T&D), telecom, rail and other infrastructure end markets
  • Offers rental, sales of new and used equipment, and aftermarket parts and services

Transaction Description

  • Acquired in April 2021 via investment into Nesco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NSCO) that facilitated its acquisition of CTOS
  • Blackstone (the prior majority owner of CTOS) and select CTOS management team members invested alongside Platinum in the transaction
  • The combined company was renamed Custom Truck One Source and its ticker was changed to NYSE: CTOS

7701 Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64125 United States

www.customtruck.com

~9K

Fleet of Vehicles

3K+

Customers
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A long row of identical white utility bucket trucks with boom lifts are parked in a gravel lot, surrounded by trees with early autumn foliage | Platinum Equity
man welding with blue and orange sparks | Platinum Equity
A heavy-duty utility truck equipped with a large hydraulic boom, red auger attachment, and yellow stabilizing clamps is parked on a wet roadway near a rocky cliff and trees | Platinum Equity
A Terex Commander digger derrick truck with a bright yellow boom and red auger attachment is positioned on a worksite beside an old industrial building | Platinum Equity

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