KURION ANNOUNCES VISTA ENGINEERING ACQUISITION

Kurion announced yesterday that it has acquired Vista Engineering Services, tripling the size of the company, according to a press release. Vista Engineering Services, based in Richland, Wash., offers a variety of engineering services including environmental remediation capabilities, and its base work at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site offers Kurion a larger influence within the DOE cleanup world. “Kurion is building tremendous momentum around the world through projects in the U.S., Japan and Europe,” Kurion CEO Bill Gallo said in a release. “The combined talents, capabilities and technologies of the Kurion and Vista Engineering teams provide the execution platform and the scale to address our clients’ most pressing nuclear and hazardous waste problems.” Within the acquisition agreement, Vista President and CEO Phil Ohl will become the chief operating officer with Kurion, and Kurion will take over Vista’s entire technology, patent and trade secret portfolio while also maintaining Vista’s entire staff to accelerate the company’s growth, the press release said.