MW Industries, a provider of precision components, recently announced the acquisition of Fox Valley Spring Company, LLC, a principal supplier of springs, wire forms, and flat springs. The acquisition of Fox Valley Spring Company closed on October 29, 2021 and expands MW Industries’ existing automation and manufacturing capabilities for springs and wire forms. The combined companies will offer extensive expertise in complex precision spring manufacturing for a variety of spring types, including extension springs, torsion…
White Cap named top fundraising team in Atlanta
White Cap Supply Holdings was recently named the top fundraising team in Atlanta and the number two multi-market team in the U.S. for its support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital: Finding cures. Saving children. The company serves as a one-stop shop providing concrete accessories and chemicals, tools and equipment, as well as building…
Southco’s quality assurance supervisor honored as one of ASQ’s 40 under 40
Southco, a provider in engineered access hardware, congratulates Frazier Pruitt, Quality Assurance Supervisor at its Honeoye Falls, NY facility on being recognized as one of ASQ’s 40 under 40. Every fifth year since 2011, Quality Progress, the official publication of American Society for Quality (ASQ) selects the best and brightest young and talented quality trailblazers…
United Performance Metals launches new corporate website
Specialty metals solutions center, United Performance Metals (UPM), has launched a new, fully redesigned website showcasing its extensive line of high-performance metals, value-added FIRSTCUT+ processing services, unique OEM approvals, custom supply-chain solutions, and online customer portal. “What sets our company apart from others are the customer-focused material solutions we offer,” said Curt Gillingham, director of…
GMS to acquire AMES Taping Tools
GMS Inc., a North American specialty distributor of building products, recently announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AMES Taping Tools Holding LLC. AMES is a provider of automatic taping and finishing (ATF) tools and related products, with the aim of increasing work production. AMES provides a distinctive complement to GMS’s current…
Frontenac acquires EFC International
Private-equity firm, Frontenac, announced that it has acquired EFC International, a value-added distributor of highly engineered fasteners. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. EFC operates globally and provides solutions such as engineering support, sales and marketing, distribution, and high-touch service to customers in the automotive, industrial, and other technical end markets. The…
Quad-C Management completes sale of EFC International
Quad-C Management, Inc., a middle market private equity firm, announced that it has completed the sale of its investment in EFC International. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. EFC is a global value-added solutions provider of highly engineered fasteners and specialty components offering engineering support, sales and marketing, distribution and high-touch service to…
LINC Systems acquires Air-O Fasteners
Center Rock Capital Partners announced that its industrial fastener and industrial packaging distribution platform, LINC Systems, has acquired Air-O Fasteners. The transaction expands LINC’s presence in the Western U.S. Family-owned and operated since 1978, Utah-based Air-O Fasteners is a distributor of fastening equipment and consumable products, serving the construction and general industrial markets. It has…
Nord-Lock continues to expand to meet increasing demand
It was in Sweden, nearly 40 years ago, when Nord-Lock first started manufacturing wedge-locking washers. The company is now part of the Nord-Lock Group and global provider in wedge-locking washers and its well-known Superbolt line. Nord-Lock recently inaugurated its updated production facility in Mattmar, Sweden. The inauguration is the third in 2021 — a result…
Century Fasteners pays tribute to the late George Stieglitz, company co-founder and CEO
Century Fasteners Corp. announced the recent passing of their co-founder and CEO, George Stieglitz. He was 90 years old. Stieglitz helped build Century Fasteners to be the master distributor of fastener and non-fastener components that it is today, supplying to the military, aerospace, electronics, automotive, sheet metal fabrication, contract manufacturing, telecommunications, and medical industries. The…