Tramec acquires machining company

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January 13, 2014 - 12:00 AM

Literally hundreds of highway transports pass through Iola each day, and it’s a good bet many of them are outfitted with components either made here by Tramec, LLC, or a company the Iola manufacturer recently acquired.
Gary E. Sullo, president of Tramec, announced in a news release the company had acquired Crawford Machine, Inc., a leading producer of brass components and related air assemblies used throughout trailer and tractor markets in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
CMI has 136 employees at the Galion, Ohio, plant, and was founded in 2001 by Hank Hessey and his family. Manufacturing will continue in Ohio.
CMI’s customers are North American tractor/trailer and chassis manufacturers, as well as industrial distribution companies serving industrial markets.
“CMI significantly expands our manufacturer product capabilities to better serve the heavy duty and industrial market place,” Sullo said in the press release. “CMI’s excellent reputation and success is well-known.”
Tramec acquired Sloan Transportation Products, Holland, Mich., in May 2013. Sloan manufactures air and electrical components for heavy duty trucks and trailers. Reporting to Sullo will be two co-presidents of the Tramec Sloan group of businesses, Thomas Bronz, responsible for the Iola and Holland, Mich., plants, and Kevin Hessey in Ohio.
Tramec, LLC was formed in May 2008 with the merger of Tramec Corporation, Iola, founded in 1980 to service the heavy duty trailer and tractor markets, and Maclean Crewson, Buffalo, N.Y.
Tramec, LLC companies are Tramec Continental-Aero, Tramec Hill Fastener, Tramec HDSS, Stemco Crewson and Tramec Sloan, LLC, and now Crawford Machine, Inc.
The company’s product portfolio includes automatic brake adjusters, air brake connectors and fittings, brake hose assemblies, pressure release valves, electrical connectors and components, specialty fasteners and a diverse range of truck and trailer components and accessories.
Dee Sell, vice president engineering for Tramec in Iola, said the acquisition of Crawford Machine, Inc., would have no impact on manufacturing or employment at the plant in Iola’s Davis Addition, where the company has about 50 employees.

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