Valence Surface Technologies has acquired H&W Global Industries in Blairsville, PA.
Chris CeltrudaH&W is a provider of surface treatment for highly engineered products in the aerospace and defense market in the Northeast region of North America. They provide surface treatment to many leading U.S. defense platforms and maintains key approvals with strategic aerospace and defense 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.
With the acquisition of H&W, Valence continues to execute on its customer-focused strategy to improve the aerospace and defense supply chain by creating an integrated platform that offers full-service product finishing solutions with industry-leading quality and lead times.
“H&W’s experience servicing top-tier customers in the aerospace and defense community will help enhance the Valence offering across our customer base,” says Chris Celtruda, CEO of Valence. “Particularly in the Northeast where we have a complementary location in Springfield, Massachusetts.”
Sandra and Jean-Pierre HabetsTudor Lupea, Vice President of Valence Corporate Development, says H&W is strategically located in the greater Pittsburgh metro area and represents a key part of their 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.
“Sandi and I look forward to the continued growth at H&W,” Jean-Pierre says. “The opportunities available to our H&W family are of the utmost importance, which was a key consideration in the transaction. H&W’s future success through this merger and partnership with Valence will give us great joy.”
Valence is majority-owned by ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation who invested in Valence in June 2019 to accelerate Valence’s strategic initiatives and support its continued growth. H&W represents the ninth add-on acquisition for Valence since inception, and the company will continue to pursue attractive mergers and acquisitions opportunities in both North America and Europe.
Valence has 12 locations and over 2,500 unique industry approvals, and processes more than 1 million parts per month. In addition to being Nadcap accredited, all Valence sites provide specialized metal processing and finishing services to a diversified set of fast-growing commercial aerospace, defense, and space/satellite markets. Valence partners with its customers to deliver best-in-class quality, turn times, and full-service supply chain solutions. For more information on Valence Surface Technologies visit www.valencesurfacetech.com
