AZZ Inc. announced today that it has acquired all the assets and outstanding shares of Rogers Brothers Company, a privately held company based in Rockford, Illinois. Rogers Brothers provides galvanizing services to a multi-state area within the Midwest. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Located on a 2.7-acre site, the operations include a 13,000-square-foot plant and 30,000 square feet of office warehouse, along with 3 kettles, galvanizing centrifuges and other key equipment used for hot-dip galvanizing. Going forward, the facility will operate as AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford and will complement AZZ's Midwestern locations in Illinois and surrounding states.
The acquisition increases AZZ's Metal Coatings network of hot-dip galvanizing plants to 45 sites in the United States and Canada. AZZ expects the AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford facility will be accretive to earnings within the first year of operation.