RIE Coatings in Minnesota has acquired Kaehr Coatings in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
John WarneKaehr offers a broad range of metal finishing capabilities in the Southwest, including anodizing, specialty plating, chromate conversion, powder coating, painting, surface preparation, and passivation. An ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified company, Kaehr is ITAR registered and holds customer-specific approvals from organizations such as Raytheon, Honeywell, Los Alamos National Labs, and many more.
John Warne, CEO of RIE Coatings, says the acquisition of Kaehr broadens RIE Coatings’ metal finishing capabilities and enhances its scope of services and solutions.
“The combined expertise of RIE Coatings and Kaehr Corporation can now offer its customers broader capabilities and expertise,” Warne says. “RIE Coatings conducts extensive searches for businesses that share its philosophies around customer care, technical expertise, service, quality, and company culture, and we are pleased that Kaehr exhibits those same values.
Jim MacMillan, President of Kaehr, says the decision to join the RIE Coatings organization allows them to keep their 70 years-plus journey of serving some of the most demanding customers and applications in the world moving forward with a company that is focused on long-term growth and customer service.
“The ability to offer both current and future customers greater service and expertise continues the proud decades-long legacy of our family-owned Albuquerque-based company,” MacMillan says.
Warne says Kaehr represents a business that has been successful and grown over the decades by offeringworld-classs solutions, services, and an unwavering focus on solving customer demands.
“Together, RIE and Kaehr can offer broader solutions to our customers across the nation,” he says. “We welcome the Kaehr family and the entire Kaehr team to our organization and look forward to introducing our capabilities to the broader marketplace at large.”
RIE Coatings is still actively seeking add-on acquisitions. Warne says the company must meet the following criteria.
- Capabilities: coating, zinc nickel electroplating, specialty painting, PVD coating, vacuum plating, electroless nickel, thermal spraying, anodizing, and powder coating.
- End Markets of Interest: aerospace/ defense, medical, electronics, general industrial, commercial, agricultural, transportation, solar/ wind, oil and gas, and automotive.
Warne says RIE has provided the impetus and expertise to large companies who have seen the need to move from traditional zinc plating or galvanizing to thin film protective coatings. RIE is certified to ISO 9001:2015.
PNC Mezzanine Capital financed the acquisition.
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