Superior Industries, Inc. reached an agreement to purchase the assets of FLSmith’s crusher manufacturing plant in Pekin, Ill.
According to Superior, the major asset associated with the transaction is a 10-year-old, 70,000 sq. ft. plant that currently employs 30, well-trained production employees. Superior plans to utilize the new facility as a U.S.-based manufacturing center for cone crushing equipment.
Earlier this spring, Superior purchased Clemro Western Ltd. This Calgary, Alberta, Canadian division has manufactured its own line of cone and jaw crushers for more than three decades.