Acquisition Gives Pflow's Product Line A Lift
Pflow Industries, Inc., the leading manufacturer of vertical conveyors designed to transport materials between two or more levels, has purchased The Langley Manufacturing Company located in Victor, New York.
According to Ted Ruehl, President of Pflow, "this is a natural product line extension as Langley has been designing and manufacturing high quality material lifting and dumping machinery for over 40 years." Ruehl sees excellent customer value in adding Langley's Sidewalk Lift, designed for basement storage to street level transfer of materials through sidewalk openings, as well as its line of dumpers.
The new offerings will be sold through Pflow's international network of distributors. Ruehl stated that Pflow also intends to keep serving Langley's existing customer base with replacement parts.
Pflow is coming off a record sales year in 2006 and Ruehl forecasts a "strong environment" for the material handling sector of the economy in 2007. He says Pflow continues to be interested in acquiring companies that offer high quality products in the material handling industry.
Since 1977, Pflow has offered total engineering, fabrication, and coast-to-coast installation services. At its headquarters in Milwaukee, company facilities include over 110,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space and a complete research & development center. Over 35% of Pflow's staff are engineers or R & D personnel.
Pflow lifts move materials of all shapes and sizes and are available in capacities from 50 lbs. to over 200,000 lbs. with unlimited vertical rise, and are especially useful in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution operations. Mechanical, hydraulic, high-speed, high-throughput, and customized lifts are available, as well as fully automated systems. Applications, both interior and exterior, include mezzanines, balconies, through-floor, and elevator shafts.
Pflow also designs and manufactures a patented product called the Cartveyor(TM) Shopping Cart Conveyor which transports shopping carts from one level to another. Especially popular in multi-level retail stores, the Cartveyor is installed parallel and adjacent to an escalator and allows store customers to simply push their shopping carts in and ride the escalator next to their carts.
For more information, please contact David Dux, VP-Sales, at 414-352-9000.
