** Shares of Australia's Tasmea TEA.AX rise as much as 4.1% to a record high of A$9.40

** Specialist trade skill services firm buys JPS Group, which provides services to the energy sector, for A$75 million ($51.89 million)

** Co says acquisition would help diversify its earnings into Australia's growing LNG, gas and critical energy infrastructure markets, and provide a "blue-chip client base"

** Shares have more than doubled in value, YTD

($1 = 1.4453 Australian dollars)