VAD merges with Exotic Automation & Supply
The combination brings together distributors of motion-control, fluid-power and industrial automation products across the Midwest.
Takeaways
- Exotic Automation & Supply is a Distributor of motion-control, fluid-power and industrial automation products serving Michigan and Indiana.
- Value Added Distributors is acquiring Exotic Automation & Supply with backing from Rotunda.
Rotunda Capital Partners-backed Value Added Distributors merged with Exotic Automation & Supply, a Michigan and Indiana distributor of motion-control and fluid-power products.
Exotic sells hydraulic and pneumatic components, hoses, fittings, filtration, lubrication and compressed-air equipment through 19 stores and also designs engineered systems for industrial customers.
VAD fabricates and distributes hoses, tubes and related products for specialty vehicle manufacturers and other mobile fluid-power users.
The combination broadens the platform's product offering and Midwestern distribution footprint.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
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