Layne Christensen Company provides drilling and construction services and related products in two principal markets: water infrastructure and mineral exploration, as well as operates as a producer of unconventional natural gas for the energy market. The Company operates throughout North America, as well as Africa, Australia, Europe and Brazil. The Company also operates through its affiliates in South America. Its customers include municipalities, investor-owned water utilities, industrial companies, global mining companies, consulting engineering firms, heavy civil construction contractors, oil and gas companies and, to a lesser extent, agribusiness. On October 24, 2008, the Company acquired Meadors Construction Co., Inc. (Meadors), a construction company operating primarily in Florida. On August 7, 2008, the Company acquired Moore & Tabor, a geotechnical construction firm operating in California. In November 2009, Layne Christensen Company acquired W.L. Hailey & Company, Inc.