Emcor buys N.C. equipment installer

Norwalk industrial contractor Emcor Group Inc. has bought Southern Industrial Constructors Inc. of Raleigh, N.C., for an undisclosed sum.

Founded in 1962, Southern had 2011 estimated revenues of about $90 million and a backlog of about $36 million.

Its specialty is installing, moving and rigging plant equipment and machinery for major manufacturing, automotive, pharmaceutical, power and chemical customers.

It also has operations in Charlotte, N.C.; Columbia, S.C.; and Wilmington, Del.