Fastener industry acquisitions that made the news in 2019 include:

Bufab Acquiring American Bolt & Screw

Agrisolutions Acquires Carl Sülberg

AFC Industries Acquires Paton Industrial

Agrisolutions Acquires U.S. Mfg

AFC Acquires The Boulder Co.

Cooper & Turner Buys Beck Industries

UK’s Essentra Acquires Innovative Components

Motor City Buys Quality Fastener

Kyocera to Acquire SouthernCarlson

Lindfast Acquired by New England Equity Firm

MW Industries Buys Sussex Wire

SFS Acquires Triangle Fastener

Endries Acquires Industrial Products Co.

Nuts & Bolts Buys Fasteners Inc.

Bossard Group Acquires Bruma

Reed Exhibitions Buys Fastener Fair

Hahn Buys Straight Drive Fasteners

Motor City Buys Smith Fastener

Endries International Acquired by Equity Firm MSD Partners

Partsmaster Acquires Can-Tex

SouthernCarlson Buys Apex Tool

In addition, during January 2020 these acquisitions were announced:

Nimbus To Acquire Dresselhaus

Stanley Black & Decker Pursuing CAM Acquisition

PennEngineering Acquires Tokyo-Based Eurotec Ltd.

AFC Industries Acquires Chess Group

Brighton-Best Completes Acquisition of Glove Supplier

Bulten To Acquire PSM International

FTC Acquired By Shimtech Industries

Bossard Completes Torp Fasteners Acquisition

EDSCO Fasteners Acquired By Equity Firm

EFG Acquires Rockford Fastener

FIN Subscribers may use the Search feature on GlobalFastenerNews.com to read more about any of the acquisitions.

In addition to the actual acquisitions, a related article was FIN’s coverage on Marc Strandquist’s presentation to National Fastener Distributors Association executives: Prepare in Advance to Sell Your Company.