Afinitas assimilates Elk River Machine concrete division assets

St. Louis-based Afinitas has deepened its expansive concrete pipe and precast equipment, machinery and accessory suite, acquiring the concrete division assets and intellectual property of Elk River Machine Co. in Minnesota. Private equity-backed Hutchinson Manufacturing LLC divested the division to focus on other areas of custom metal fabrication and related contract work. The transaction brings wire mesh bender and roller,…

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Insteel Industries closes on Engineered Wire Products

Sources: Insteel Industries Inc., Mt. Airy, N.C. Insteel Industries subsidiary Insteel Wire Products Co. has acquired Engineered Wire Products of Upper Sandusky, Ohio in a $70 million asset transaction. EWP operates wire drawing, welding and mesh fabrication facilities in Warren, Ohio and Las Cruces, N.M., supplying reinforcement products for cast-in-place or precast concrete used in residential and nonresidential construction. The…

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