Valence Surface Technologies Acquires H&W Global Industries
H&W provides a wide variety of metal finishing services, including anodizing, electroplating, and industrial painting for leading defense applications.
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Valence Surface Technologies LLC (The Woodlands, Texas) has announced the acquisition of H&W Global Industries Inc. (Blairsville, Pa.), a leading provider of surface treatment for highly engineered products in the aerospace and defense market in the Northeast region of North America. H&W provides surface treatment to many leading U.S. defense platforms and maintains key approvals with strategic A&D primes such as Northrop Grumman.
Founded in 2002 by husband and wife, Jean-Pierre Habets and Sandra Habets, H&W provides a wide variety of metal finishing services, including anodizing, electroplating, and industrial painting, specializing in BR-127 bond primer for leading defense applications. H&W operates out of an approximately 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility, which the company has continually invested in through expansion and new equipment to maintain state-of-the-art metal finishing technologies.
Chris Celtruda, CEO of Valence, says, “H&W’s experience servicing top-tier customers in the aerospace and defense community will help enhance the Valence offering across our customer base, particularly in the Northeast where we have a complementary location in Springfield, Mass.”
Tudor Lupea, Vice President of Corporate Development, adds, “H&W is strategically located in the greater Pittsburgh metro area and represents a key part of our strategy to deepen our footprint in the Northeast while growing the portion of our business servicing enduring defense platforms.”
As part of the transaction, H&W’s existing management team and workforce will remain with the organization. Jean-Pierre and Sandra will remain in their current roles and will help integrate the business into the Valence platform.
Valence is majority-owned by ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation who invested in Valence in June 2019. H&W represents the ninth add-on acquisition for Valence since inception.
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