Superior Manufacturing Group Acquires Teknor Apex Food Service Matting Division
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Chicago, Illinois - Jan 2007 - Superior Manufacturing Group (SMG), announces that it has purchased the Food Service Matting Division of Teknor Apex, effective Tuesday January 2nd, 2007. With this acquisition, Superior Manufacturing Group now becomes an industry leading supplier of floor matting to the food service industry with the formation of the new NoTrax® Food Service Matting Division. In addition, Superior has also purchased the cutting board and hot water hose products to be offered as part of the food service product line.
"Teknor Apex has been the dominant matting supplier in the food service market for many years", states Vincent DePhillips, President of Superior Manufacturing Group. "We feel that this was a good fit and we are confident that the combination of the Teknor and NoTrax matting lines will provide even greater opportunities for the Teknor dealers-distributors".
To ensure a smooth transition, all products will continue to be marketed under the Teknor Apex name, and will maintain the same product names, part numbers, warranties, and pricing schedule. In addition, the entire staff of Teknor Apex's Food Service Division and the field sales representatives have joined Superior as part of the newly formed NoTrax® Food Service Matting Division. DePhillips adds, "Our number one priority is to make this transition as seamless as possible and allow Teknor's people to continue to do the things that have made them so successful in this market. To put it simply, Teknor customers will continue to purchase the same products, at the same prices, from the same people."
Peter Larkin, new Director of Sales, NoTrax® Food Service Matting Division adds, "Superior has been in the matting business for over 50 years. Our experience in the food service market combined with Superior's manufacturing expertise, service and support means good things ahead for the food service industry. Our customers couldn't be in better hands."
The new NoTrax® Food Service Matting Division will operate from their Customer Service & Sales Center in Providence, RI, with distribution and warehousing in Chicago, IL.
Superior Manufacturing Group is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois with additional manufacturing and distribution facilities in Georgia, Mississippi, and The Netherlands. For over 50 years, Superior has been dedicated to serving the needs of floor matting dealers/distributors with quality products, customer service, and sales support. Superior's NoTrax family of floor matting products can be found in a wide variety of applications for the industrial and commercial markets.
