While announcing they had put the finishing touches on the acquisition of parts of Brewer Environmental Industries (BEI) last week, the new owners also announced that the BEI operation in Puhi will get a new location and new facilities. Richard
While announcing they had put the finishing touches on the acquisition of parts of Brewer Environmental Industries (BEI) last week, the new owners also announced that the BEI operation in Puhi will get a new location and new facilities.
Richard T. Hill became president and chief executive officer of BEI Hawai’i last week, and said that while most of the changes associated with the new ownership should be invisible to customers, there are some new ideas in the works.
The new ownership group, Phoenix V LLC, has plans to move the Kaua’i branch along Kaumuali’i Highway outside Puhi, and the Hilo branch operations on the Big Island, into new facilities, to improve efficiency and reduce overhead, he said.
The hui (group) purchased the distribution and environmental services divisions of BEI from Brewer Environmental Industries, LLC.
Under the new operating name of BEI Hawai’i, the company will continue as Hawai’i’s largest distributor of agricultural and industrial chemicals and fertilizer.
Its environmental services division is one of Hawai’i’s largest environmental consulting companies, providing environmental consulting and engineering services to some of Hawai’i’s largest corporations, law firms and public agencies.
“We’re optimistic about our ability to survive and prosper in this economy as a streamlined company, and we’re bullish on Hawai’i for the long term,” Hill says.
Marc C. Tilker, another Phoenix V investor, becomes BEI Hawai’i’s executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Other members of the group are Marvin Tilker, a former C. Brewer executive; Richard Ing, a director of Aloha Airlines’ parent Aloha Airgroup Inc.; and local industrial relations attorney Robert Katz.
