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Southworth International Group, Inc.<\/a>, a global provider of ergonomic material handling solutions, has acquired Gruse Maschinenbau GmbH & Co., an established manufacturer of engineered industrial lifting solutions located in Aerzen, Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cGruse is a natural fit for SIGI,\u201d stated Southworth<\/a> president and CEO, James Cabot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey offer a well-recognized and long-tenured German brand, a strong history of quality and innovation, a similar customer-focused culture\u2014as well as a physical presence in the center of the European market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cabot continues, \u201cThis acquisition supports SIGI\u2019s strategic plans to strengthen our portfolio of material handling solutions in German-speaking Europe and reinforces our overall position as a European leader through increased engineering and technical capabilities and expanded production capacity. We are excited to welcome Gruse to our organization.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Southworth International Group has acquired Gruse Maschinenbau.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southworth International Group, Inc., a global provider of ergonomic material handling solutions, has acquired Gruse Maschinenbau GmbH & Co., an established manufacturer of engineered industrial lifting solutions located in Aerzen, Germany. \u201cGruse is a natural fit for SIGI,\u201d stated Southworth president and CEO, James Cabot. \u201cThey offer a well-recognized and long-tenured German brand, a strong… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10],"tags":[12483,12480,12479,83,12481,257,157,106,12478,12482,62],"class_list":["post-14838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-top","category-news","tag-engineered-industrial-lifting","tag-ergonomic-material-handling","tag-ergonomic-material-handling-solutions","tag-ergonomics","tag-gruse-maschinenbau","tag-lifting","tag-logistics","tag-material-handling","tag-southworth","tag-southworth-gruse","tag-supply-chain"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSouthworth Acquires Gruse - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/southworth-acquires-gruse\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Southworth Acquires Gruse - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Southworth International Group, Inc., a global provider of ergonomic material handling solutions, has acquired Gruse Maschinenbau GmbH & Co., an established manufacturer of engineered industrial lifting solutions located in Aerzen, Germany. \u201cGruse is a natural fit for SIGI,\u201d stated Southworth president and CEO, James Cabot. \u201cThey offer a well-recognized and long-tenured German brand, a strong... 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