The two die component makers were acquired together in 2012 from Connell Limited Partnership by a Japanese firm, Misumi Group, Inc. Now they are one.
Alan Shaffer — the president of the newly merged company, who also headed Dayton Progress — said the merger won’t affect the company’s West Carrollton plant.
“We’re the headquarters site for Dayton Lamina Corp., that’s all,” he said. “Otherwise, it doesn’t affect us at all.”
In West Carrollton, the company has 530 employees.
Anchor Lamina is based in Farmington Hills, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. That company has four factories, two in the United States and two in China.
The newly combined company has $200 million in sales, with factories in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Canada, Mexico and elsewhere.
Dayton Lamina will not cut workers, Shaffer said.
“In fact, we’re hiring now,” he said. “We’ve added six full-time people who are focused on cost reduction and quality improvement. We’re hiring people in the factory now. We’re adding sales people out in the field.”
The address for the company's new web site is daytonlamina.com.
In October 2012, Dayton Progress, including its subsidiary PCS Co., was acquired by Misumi Group Inc. The company had about 500 local workers at the time at its Progress Road plant.
Misumi had fiscal year 2013 sales of some $1.4 billion and has more than 7,200 employees total. Misumi produces factory automation products, die and mold tools and industrial electronic products.
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