History

A Legacy of Power: The CES Story

CES have been powering memorable events for over 25 years, leading the industry in innovation, quality and outstanding customer service around the world. We’ve powered some of the biggest and most memorable global tours, festivals, broadcasts and sporting events, and we’re still only getting started.

• 2000 – CEO Greg Landa and the team started our business, originally a division of Ring Power.
• 2002 – Coachella becomes our first major US festival client, and we’ve been supporting the team there every year since, building one of the biggest and most popular festivals in the world.
• 2016 – CES begins an ambitious growth strategy, investing and expanding the fleet to cover even more of the US.
• 2021 – CES partners with Allied Industrial Partners, creating a powerful collaboration to continue growing the CES brand globally.
• 2022 – CES acquires BST Power, Brickworks and Production Power, further expanding coverage in California and Florida.
• 2023 – We take our first steps into a permanent presence in the UK to support our customers there, acquiring Euro Touring Power in Northern Ireland. We also created a brand-new specialist division, CES Technologies, led by the acquisitions of Echo Technologies and Roundrock Technologies. The acquisitions of Immedia Event Productions and Infinite Power also continue our US power growth.
• 2024 - Acquisitions of Fourth Generation and ABird/Apex Power Solutions further grow the UK power business. We also created our new CES Studio Services division with the acquisition of Base Craft, to service the film and TV industry across the US.
• 2025 – CES celebrates its 25th anniversary, and we have some big plans to mark this special year and continue driving the ambitious global growth plans for our business.

With the creation of our new divisions, CES Technologies and CES Studio Services, as well as our expansion into the UK and Europe, we’re passionate about continuing our growth and serving our customers in new ways in 2025 and beyond.