BlackHawk announces three acquisitions
BlackHawk Industrial announced the acquisition of Pioneer Tool Supply, Pioneer Precision Grinding, and Cataleap.
Founded in 1948, Pioneer Tool Supply is headquartered in Agawam, Mass., and has locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Maine. Pioneer Precision Grinding specializes in sharpening and reconditioning carbide tooling.
Cataleap provides a cost-effective way to get the latest product catalogs and
information to sales teams and end user customers.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Derek Upson will be the vice president of Eastern Regional Sales leading an expanded regional sales effort in the Eastern Region. In addition, Chris Bignell will be the vice president of Customer Experience for BlackHawk, a newly created senior leadership position.
Bill Scheller, CEO of BlackHawk Industrial, said: “We continue to attract and acquire the
best local distributors in a given marketplace to become part of the business we are building in North America. We believe that the entire team from Pioneer and their technical sales approach, deep local sales talent, and strong leadership is a perfect addition to the BlackHawk culture. We also believe that the entire organization within Pioneer continues to build on our tag line of Big Enough to Serve and Small Enough to Care.”
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