DYWIDAG-Systems International (DSI) has acquired the shares of American Commercial Incorporated (ACI), Bristol, VA, USA

DSI is a leading supplier of geotechnical, mining and tunneling systems known world wide for their innovation, quality and dependability. The DSI Group has established local and centralized research and development capabilities and the opportunity to transfer products and systems between markets to provide immediate cost effective solutions to ground control problems. The DSI Group was acquired by Industri Kapital, a private equity fund, in 2005. Industri Kapital strongly supports the DSI Group expansion strategy.

ACI´s more than 75 years of experience in the tunneling business started with the installation of steel liner plates in a sewer system in Detroit, MI, USA, in 1920. Nowadays, ACI ranks as one of the leading designers and manufactures of ground control solutions for the tunneling and mining industry in North America. The comprehensive product range supports by ACI offer individual solutions for all kind of underground projects - regardless if temporary or permanent and specified for every single ground condition.

The acquisition of ACI further enhances the extensive range of tunneling and mining products and systems supplied by DSI thereby strengthening DSI´s market position in the underground sector.

All employees of ACI will continue working for their respective company and become part of the steadily expanding DSI family.