Epic Piping, the pipe fabrication company created in early 2015 by Bernhard Capital Partners, is expanding into the Middle East with the addition of a 400,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
The new facility, which will have an average production capacity of about 6,000 spools a month, is the fifth production facility for the rapidly growing company. Epic is also nearing completion of a 268,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art, air conditioned facility in Livingston. Other facilities include a 300,000-square-foot facility in Texas, an 80,000-square-foot facility in Canada, and a 60,000-square-foot warehouse on Choctaw Drive.
The addition of the Abu Dhabi facility marks an important development for the company’s international expansion and overall manufacturing capabilities. It will enable Epic to expand production to more than 20,000 spools per month with a total fabrication capacity exceeding 1 million square feet.
“This expansion allows us to better meet our clients’ growing global needs by increasing our production capabilities and enabling us to take on larger projects,” says Epic Chief Operating Officer Remi Bonnecaze.
The new facility was previously used for fabricating modular pieces of structural steel for bridges and other large projects. It was privately owned. Epic declines to disclose the terms of the transaction.
The facility will be managed by Mazen Azizieh, newly appointed president of international fabrication at Epic.
Epic is owned by a group of investors led by BCP, an energy services-focused private equity firm established in 2013 by Jim Bernhard—founder of The Shaw Group and its former CEO and chairman—and several of his top executives after Shaw was acquired by CB&I.
In the three years since its formation, BCP has invested across the energy services spectrum, creating four portfolio companies that include Epic, ATC, Brown and Root, and Bernhard.
—Stephanie Riegel
