Ag Growth Acquires Franklin Enterprises
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Ag Growth International recently announced that it has acquired custom manufacturer Franklin Enterprises for $7.1 million. Winnipeg-based Franklin, founded in 1979, provides manufacturing, design and engineering services across North America. It operates from a facility of approximately 100,000 square feet and has a wide range of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) fabrication equipment including CNC plasma cutting, CNC punching machines and CNC brakes, as well as laser cutters and a welding department that includes several robotic machines. The acquisition of Franklin is expected to provide the company with considerable manufacturing flexibility and enhanced prototyping and design capabilities. Franklin will continue as a custom manufacturer, but will also manufacture components for several of Ag’s divisions, reducing costs and increasing production capacity. Franklin’s management, headed by John Gergely, will remain on board. Ag Growth has nine manufacturing facilities in Canada, the U.S. and Finland and it distributes products in 48 states, nine provinces, and internationally. ◆ |
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President: John McCoy 1st VP: John Malinowski 2nd VP: Sandy Kimball Treasurer: Robert Atkinson Secretary: Andrew Cummings Ex Officio: Ricky Brown, Brown Mfg. Corp.
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Rick Carr Superior Gearbox Company |
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