ITW Acquires Four Component Businesses

May 1, 2001
Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) Welding Products has completed the purchase of four welding component businesses Bernard, PlazCraft, WeldCraft, and K &

Illinois Tool Works Inc (ITW) Welding Products has completed the purchase of four welding component businesses — Bernard, PlazCraft, WeldCraft, and K & K Welding — from DovaTech Ltd, a subsidiary of Dover Corp. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.

Beecher IL-based Bernard manufactures MIG and flux-cored welding guns and coolers for TIG and MIG welding. PlazCraft, also in Beecher, manufactures air plasma cutting torches. Burbank CA-based WeldCraft manufactures TIG torches. K&K Welding of Lake Zurich IL manufactures aftermarket MIG and TIG welding components and MIG guns. D-Tech Germany is the European sales and manufacturing arm for the businesses.

The four companies become part of the ITW Welding Components Group, of which Bill Sullivan is vice-president and general manager.