Stork acquires Climax Research Services of Wixom, MI

WIXOM, MI—March 1, 2006

Stork Materials Technology is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business of  Climax Research Services of Wixom, Michigan.
 
Climax Research Services, also known as CRS, is a metallurgical engineering and testing company established in 1987 by former employees of AMAX Materials Research Center (previously Climax Molybdenum Company of Michigan). In 1994, CRS acquired Analytical Associations, which expanded their service portfolio to include chemical analysis.

CRS’s reputation, capabilities, and location enabled their staff to build particularly strong partnerships with leading companies in the automotive industry; they hold many critical quality approvals for clients in this sector and other related industries, including A2LA-accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025.

“We are very pleased to welcome the clients and employees of CRS into the Stork network” says Stork Materials Technology Chief Executive Officer Charles Noall. “CRS has an extraordinary team of experts and an outstanding facility. The company fits in very well with our other U.S. operations, having built a strong reputation for adding significant value to their clients’ businesses in the form of specialist material engineering knowledge and testing capability.”

CRS founder and ASM Fellow Rick Gundlach is excited about the benefits of Stork membership, “Being part of the Stork Group will provide us with a broader and deeper range of testing capabilities. We’ll be able to offer advanced testing, analysis and expertise in other materials to our clients—such as polymeric and composite materials—as well as draw on the support of Stork’s metallurgists around the country.

“Speaking as a founder, I’m proud to see CRS gain a place in a worldwide network where it will continue to grow—both on its own and as part of a larger enterprise. This is a big step and it promises great things for CRS, our staff, and our customers.”

Transfer of ownership takes effect March 1, 2006.