Valence Surface Technologies (Valence) has acquired H&W Global Industries (H&W), a provider of surface treatment for highly engineered products in the aerospace and defence market in the North East region of North America.
H&W, located in Blairsville, Pennsylvania, provides surface treatment to many leading US defence platforms and maintains key approvals with strategic A&D primes such as Northrop Grumman.
Founded in 2002 by husband and wife, Jean-Pierre Habets and Sandra Habets, H&W provides a wide variety of metal finishing services, including anodising, electroplating, and industrial painting, specialising in BR-127 bond primer for leading defence applications. H&W operates out of an approximately 50,000 square foot manufacturing facility, which the Company has continually invested in through expansion and new equipment to maintain state of the art metal finishing technologies.
With the acquisition of H&W, Valence continues to execute on its customer-focused strategy to improve the aerospace and defence supply chain by creating an integrated platform that offers full-service product finishing solutions with industry-leading quality and lead times.
Chris Celtruda, CEO of Valence, says: “We are extremely excited to add H&W to the Valence platform. H&W’s experience servicing top-tier customers in the aerospace and defence community will help enhance the Valence offering across our customer base, particularly in the Northeast where we have a complementary location in Springfield, MA.”
Tudor Lupea, Vice President of Corporate Development, adds: “H&W is strategically located in the greater Pittsburgh metro area and represents a key part of our strategy to deepen our footprint in the Northeast, while growing the portion of our business servicing enduring defence platforms.”
