Magnetics/Assemblies

Kadant Adds Electromagnetic Products to Its Line of Material Handling Equipment with Syntron Acquisition

Syntron Material Handling Group, a manufacturer of electromagnetic vibrators and feeders for process industries, is now part of much larger Kadant Inc which acquired Syntron for $179 million.  Syntron provides material handling equipment and systems to companies in mining, aggregates, food processing, packaging, and […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Neo Performance Materials Purchases Samag Magnet Manufacturing Facility near Shanghai; Reports Lower Revenues for First Half of 2019

Neo Performance Materials Inc. has acquired a magnet manufacturing plant near Shanghai for $9.7 million where it will produce compression molded magnets using its Magnequench Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB) powders. Separately, the company reports that it experienced an […]

News

Union Partners, Owner of Lamination Specialties and Mapes & Sprowl Steel, Continues to Build Its Footprint Across North America

Union Partners, a Chicago based holding company with a growing portfolio of electrical steel manufacturers and steel service-supply centers across North America, is continuing its acquisitive path with another transaction in March and word of an additional expansion in the works.  […]