Boyd Corporation, a global leader in thermal management and environmental sealing solutions, recently announced the acquisition of Action Fabricators. The new acquisition will operate as a division of Boyd Corporation, a name that carries almost 100 years of tradition and vision committed to responsiveness to customer needs and technological evolution.

Boyd specializes in identifying and solving customer challenges with deep expertise in the materials sciences for engineered rubber, plastic, metal, flexible environmental sealing, and energy management solutions. Its solutions include environmental seals and gaskets, thermal management components, extruded rubber and plastic, molded rubber and plastic, EMI shielding, and much more.

The company operates in markets around the world with specific expertise in engineering and design, manufacturing, and supply chain management and commits to proactive customer satisfaction across electronics, mobile computing, medical technology, transportation, aerospace, and other B2B and consumer-critical industries.

Founded in 1983, Action Fabricators is one of the leading flexible materials converting companies in the United States. The company provides clients with cost-effective, value-added custom solutions to meet their specific application needs. Converting tapes and other adhesive-backed foams, plastics, and specialty materials, Action serves clients in diverse markets including the automotive, medical, electronics, appliance, display security, and furniture industries. The company has operations in Michigan, Tennessee, and Texas.

This strategically important acquisition further entrenches Boyd's leading position in materials science-based customer solutions and bolsters its presence in the passenger automotive, telematics, and medical industries.

"Action is a perfect match to Boyd's core," says CEO Mitch Aiello. "Precision converting has become a complex industrial science incorporating deep raw material expertise, revolutionary and widely diverse manufacturing technologies scalable for various consumption needs, dimensional requirements and speed, as well as custom production parts with ultra-tight tolerances. Jon Rudolph and his team at Action have executed well in developing a strong and scalable business in the strategically important and dynamic end markets of automotive and medical solutions."

This transaction strengthens Boyd's core competencies in sealing; EMI shielding; electrical, acoustic, and thermal insulation; vibration absorption; bonding; and mechanical damping. New customers will benefit from Boyd's enhanced ability to support them from any global region with various cost models scalable to their demand and access to the most innovative thermal management technologies available today.

Action Fabricators "is highly complementary to our manufacturing competencies, customers, regions, markets, values, and approach to business," notes Aiello. "We're excited to welcome passionate new team members to our company that continues to differentiate by solving complex technical challenges, committing to innovate, and fully leveraging our global scale."

Boyd's diverse and complex solutions drive value to global customers by optimizing product performance and efficiency, preventing unintended device failure, minimizing wear and tear, and extending product life cycles with a design velocity that accelerates development time-to-market.

Boyd's manufacturing and design hubs span North America, Europe, and Asia including facilities in the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, China, Taiwan, and India. The Boyd Corporation moved its global headquarters to Hacienda in September 2017.

For more information about Boyd Corporation, please visit www.boydcorp.com.