Maxcess Acquires Fives North American Guiding

Published: February 04, 2015

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK | Maxcess, a global supplier of products and services for the web handling industry, acquired Fives North American Guiding on January 30, 2015. Headquartered in Cleveland, OH, Fives North American Guiding will integrate with Fife Guiding Systems, under the Bertram Capital-owned Maxcess International.

“Today we are excited to combine the strengths of Fives North American Guiding and its talented sales and engineering teams with our Fife Guiding Systems family,” says Greg Jehlik, CEO of Maxcess. “This strategic integration will provide Maxcess with market penetration in the Metals and Tire and Rubber markets, where we see a vast opportunity for growth.”

Fives North American Guiding has more than 50 years experience providing innovative technologies for the web handling industry. The combined entity of Fife and Fives North American Guiding will begin taking orders and providing service and support for both product lines immediately

“As we have grown to familiarize ourselves with the Fives North American Guiding Systems team over the past several months, it has become clear that our application knowledge and product offering will greatly expand through this strategic integration,” says Darren Irons, general manager of Fife.

For more on the acquisition, see the recent interview PFFC president and editorial director Yolanda Simonsis had with Greg Jehlik.

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