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American Industrial Acquisition Corp. (AIAC) of Greenwich,
Connecticut, has purchased the business and assets of General
Super Plating in Syracuse, New York.
Jefrey Sands, AIAC vice president, says the acquisition
will further enhance AIAC's relationships in the worldwide
automotive and appliance industries, and support portfolio
companies iP3 Plastics and Arnprior Rapid Manufacturing
Solutions Inc.
"We are very pleased to welcome GSP's highly skilled work-
force and its 82 year heritage of producing quality coatings
for some of the top manufacturers in North America," Sands
says. "GSP provides AIAC companies and its global customers
valuable technical capabilities."
General Super Plating President J.T. Jacus says his company
also is delighted to join AIAC. "GSP will beneft from AIAC's
reputation for quality, fnancial strength and global reach,"
he says. "This is a major step forward for our company, our
customers and our employees."
Founded in 1932, General Super Plating specializes in
plating decorative, protective and functional fnishes on
plastics and metals, and will continue to operate from its
77,000-square-foot facility in East Syracuse, where the
company employs more than 100 people. The company
serves well-known companies in the automotive, appliance,
electrical, electronics, marine, medical, military, personal care
and plumbing industries. Its current and former clients include
Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Nissan, Honda,
Harley Davidson, Bosch, General Electric, Whirlpool, Hamilton
Beach, Hewlett Packard, IBM and Xerox.
Formed in 1996, AIAC is a closely-held industrial group of 58
manufacturing operations with more than 9,500 employees
in 18 countries in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. Its
total annual revenues exceed $1.5 billion. AIAC's companies
manufacture precision products and equipment for a variety
of end markets, including automotive, truck, rail, appliance,
aerospace, defense, petro-chemical, mining, power genera-
tion, refrigeration, packaging and medical.
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Italy's Chemtec Establishes North America Unit
Chemtec Srl has established a North American branch,
Chemtec North America LLC, to ofer environmentally friendly
paint pretreatment products, including those based on its
Plaforization one-step pretreatment process. The Italian
company manages Carpenter Chemicals LC, which will now
be part of Chemtec North America. For more information, visit
chemtecnorthamerica.com .
American Industrial Acquisition Corp. Buys New York Plating Firm
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