BlackHawk Industrial, Broken Arrow, OK, distributor of metalworking and industrial supplies and No. 28 on MDM’s list of the top 40 industrial distributors, has acquired Packaging Inc., Eden Prairie, MN, a provider of packaging and fastening equipment and supplies with locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa. Terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition allows BlackHawk to deepen its technical solutions focus across a new group of product offerings and broaden its geographical footprint and sales penetration into the Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa marketplaces.
Packaging Inc. is the 11th acquisition of strong local industrial distributors by BlackHawk Industrial since the fall of 2010.