Title: Formtek Acquires Tishken Products Company
Date: 7/26/2005
Author: No author given

Itasca, Illinois (July 26, 2005): The Formtek Group of companies which includes Cooper-Weymouth, Peterson (CWP), B&K, Dahlstrom, Engel, FMI/Dahlstrom, Hill Engineering, Iowa Precision Industries, Lockformer, Rowe, and Yoder announced that Formtek Metal Forming, Inc., a leader in roll forming and tooling solutions, is excited to announce the acquisition of the operating assets of Tishken Products Company (Tishken), a privately held company based in Detroit, Michigan.

Tishken, founded in 1921, produces various roll forming machines, edge conditioning machines, strip thickness sizing machines, Carbide Saw-Mill machines, cutoff presses, roll form tooling and dies. The addition of Tishken to the Yoder, Dahlstrom, Hill Engineering and B&K product lines will expand Formtek's current product offering, including service and aftermarket support of the equipment. Tishken operations will relocate to one of the Formtek Metal Forming, Inc. facilities. Formtek welcomes the opportunity to support all of the Tishken customers throughout the world for their roll forming needs.