Distressed Asset Management and Disposition ServicesInvestment RecoveryNewsPharmaceutical Giant Merck Names Global Investment Recovery Specialist Equity Development Systems Ltd to Manage all National Facility Closure Management and Divestiture Services.

February 7, 2026


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Equity Development Systems, Ltd., a global investment recovery specialist, has been named to handle the divestiture of all Merck U.S. distribution and nonessential sales facilities as part of its acquisition of and operational consolidation with Medco.

EDS’ Investment Recovery Systems® Group provides investment recovery services to multinational corporations throughout the world. Our investment recovery corporate services capture the highest value of both real and movable assets by redeploying, repurposing, or converting surplus, overlapping, nonessential, nonperforming and other such assets to cash and returning these dollars to the company’s treasury. Our programs and services have generated hundreds of millions of dollars for our clients throughout the world.

EDS’ award-winning investment recovery programs and services have earned us the distinction of being the only invest recovery company in the country that the USEPA allows on active Superfund Sites. We believe that this and our body-of-work for such giants as Pfizer, GE, and Environmental Allies, and many others speak to our expertise and the level of confidence placed in us.

We specialize in handling all efforts related to the environmentally responsible disposition of industrial, manufacturing, and distribution-related plants and facilities and all capital assets through corporate consolidations and restructuring transactions.

EDS’ Investment Recovery of America® Group (Recovery Centers) own/operate strategically located multipurpose venues for the storage and remarketing of recovered assets. Our full-service Recovery Centers fulfill EDS’ unique capacity to immediately marshal our clients recovered movable assets, air, land, and marine to our secure facilities for disposition. EDS’ flagship Recovery Center is the Port of Slidell in Slidell, Louisiana (Greater Gulf South, USA).

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