CES Power, a US temporary power rental company backed by private equity firm Allied Industrial Partners, has appointed John Galgey, Mark Barrett and Philip Lawler, founders of three Irish businesses it acquired earlier this year, to lead its newly integrated Irish division, continuing a pattern of US-backed consolidation reshaping the temporary power and generator rental sector serving Ireland's construction, industrial and events markets. Galgey, founder of GH Energy Rental, becomes managing director; Barrett, founder of Purecore, becomes operations director; and Lawler, founder of Event Power, becomes events director.

CES Power is a Las Vegas-headquartered temporary power rental company founded in 2000, backed by private equity firm Allied Industrial Partners, providing generators, lighting towers, transformers and power management systems to construction, industrial and live events clients across the UK, Europe and North America.

GH Energy Rental, Purecore and Event Power are the three Irish temporary power businesses CES Power acquired in April 2026, based respectively in Dublin and Portlaoise, with combined experience delivering power for projects including the Dublin Port Tunnel and the 2018 Papal mass at Phoenix Park, attended by more than 130,000 people.

Division president Ailsa Webb said the acquisitions and appointments are an important step in scaling our capability in Ireland. Chief executive Jordan Reber said the moves strengthen our presence in Ireland and reinforce our position as a leading global temporary power partner.

The Irish leadership appointments follow a rapid roll-up: CES Power has acquired seven European businesses since entering the market, including Dublin-based Euro Touring Power and UK-based Fourth Generation, ABird and Apex Power Solutions, positioning the Irish trio as the latest addition to a platform built to serve cross-border events and industrial clients rather than a single national market.

Keeping founders in senior operating roles, rather than replacing them, reflects a common private equity integration tactic for service businesses built on personal customer relationships, where technical expertise and existing contracts are harder to retain through a change of ownership than physical rental equipment.

For the sector, US private equity consolidating fragmented national rental markets into cross-border platforms signals that even temporary, project-based power provision is becoming a scale business, with founder-led operators increasingly folding into larger groups rather than competing independently.

Source: The Construction Index / International Rental News