JACKSON, MI Melling Tool Co. this week completed the purchase of Wop Industria e Comercio de Bombas ltda, (WOP) a subsidiary of Dana Industrias Ltda, the Brazilian arm of Dana Corp. based in Toledo, OH.
WOP engineers and manufactures oil and water pumps for the Brazilian automotive original equipment market. The facility is located in the city of Diadema, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Melling plans to rename the facility Melling Do Brasil.
“We are pleased to complete this acquisition,” said Mark Melling, president and chief executive officer. "This business represents a natural extension of our current engineering and manufacturing capabilities and is an excellent fit with our overall growth strategy. We are also quite impressed with their development of products such as cold start valves for environmentally responsible engines that run on ethanol. And of course, we are excited to welcome the management team and employees of WOP into the Melling family.”
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