HOUSTON, T.X.—National Trench Safety, LLC (NTS), a Houston, Texas based company specializing in the rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment, as well as OSHA-compliant training classes, announced today the acquisition of certain operating assets of Shore and Pour based in Chinnor, England which is close to London.
“We are extremely excited to be expanding our presence in England,” commented Ron Chilton, President of NTS. “, owner and founder of Shore and Pour, is a personal friend and he’s built a good business servicing the Southern UK market that we believe will serve as a strong platform for our future growth.”
“We’ve been very diligent in our planning for the United Kingdom market, beginning with the opening of our first depot in Leeds last year. The ability to acquire certain operating assets of Shore and Pour allows us to continue to press forward with our aggressive growth plan in the United Kingdom.” The Chinnor operation will be managed by Patrick 
Flannery, National Trench Safety UK’s Managing Director, and a well-regarded trench safety veteran. “Pat has done a tremendous job of introducing NTS to the marketplace,” said Chilton. “Pat has been able to deftly blend some of our market leading products in the US with traditional products offered in England, to provide some real game changing solutions for the customer base in England. ”
The Chinnor operation will be NTS’ second operation in England and the company’s 35th branch location in the United States and England. This large national footprint allows NTS to provide its national, regional and local market customers a fully integrated, international branch network delivering unique engineered solutions, the highest level of customer service, and the most cost effective shoring solutions in the industry. In maintaining its objective of building a nationwide network of trench and traffic safety branches, NTS plans to open several additional branch locations in the USA in 2019 and at least one additional UK based depot in 2019. For more information about NTS, visit the National Trench Safety website at www.ntsafety.com.