BOLIVAR, Ohio—Cablecraft Motion Controls said in a release that it completed the purchase of the Wholesale Distribution and Custom Manufacturing Service businesses from Instrument Sales and Service, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of electronic, mechatronic, and electromechanical motion control products.
Cablecraft Motion Controls, a Torque Capital Group portfolio company, is a designer and manufacturer of proprietary or customized engineered motion control products. The company provides control cables, remote actuation products, rod ends, ball joints, and linkage assemblies to market leaders in the power sports, light vehicle, heavy truck, aerospace, construction, and agriculture industries.
According to Cablecraft Motion Controls, Instrument Sales and Service has a rich history of delivering product lifecycle solutions in the heavy truck, recreational product, aftermarket automotive, construction and agriculture industries. Instrument Sales and Service is based in Portland, Oregon.
“ISS is a premier brand, manufacturing and distributing motion control products with a reputation for engineering and product reliability,” said Cablecraft Chief Executive Officer Dan Pappano, in a statement. “Through the combination of exceptional people, electromechanical and mechatronic product offerings, and e-commerce distribution through PartDeal.com™, ISS is poised to provide significant benefit to our valued customers while creating meaningful growth opportunities.”
Torque Capital Group Managing Partner Jonathan Saltzman also commented on the acquisition, saying, “This is our third addition to the Cable Manufacturing & Assembly platform following our earlier acquisitions of Glassmaster Controls and Cablecraft. The addition of ISS will continue to accelerate Cablecraft’s ambitious growth plans. ISS’s product portfolio and breadth of customer application knowledge, along with its recognized brand and reputation, make it an ideal fit with our focus to further grow and diversify Cablecraft’s ability to provide a broad portfolio of engineered motion control solutions to a variety of end markets.”