{"id":3173,"date":"2016-12-22T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2016-12-22T12:48:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T12:48:15","slug":"caster-concepts-acquires-golf-equipment-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/caster-concepts-acquires-golf-equipment-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Caster Concepts Acquires Golf Equipment Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a>, a manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, has acquired Mitchell Golf Equipment Company, a producer of professional club performance tools, repair equipment and supplies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a> has actively purchased companies that fit within its manufacturing scope and provide growth opportunities,\u201d said William Dobbins, president, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a>. \u201cThe manufacturing of golf equipment requires the same kind of precision machining, which fits nicely with our core manufacturing and production competencies. In fact, we plan to expand several of our key manufacturing components of engineering, design, fabrication and polyurethane production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a> relocated production of all Mitchell Golf products from Dayton, Ohio, to its headquarters in Albion. Three of Mitchell\u2019s five employees have relocated to Michigan. Caster Concepts plans to hire an additional three employees to oversee production and sales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited for the future of Mitchell Golf as we write the next chapter of the company,\u201d said Ed Mitchell, founder and CEO, Mitchell Golf Equipment. \u201cWe\u2019re going to work hard to streamline the manufacturing process, aggressively address opportunities for product improvement and actively do new-product development.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3174\" style=\"width: 304px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3174\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-22-at-12.46.35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-22-at-12.46.35.png 294w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-22-at-12.46.35-228x230.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8216;Caster Concepts has actively purchased companies that fit within its manufacturing scope and provide growth opportunities,&#8217;\u2014William Dobbins, president, Caster Concepts.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mitchell will remain actively involved with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a>, assuming a key role in sales, customer service and new-product development to maintain the continuity of the Mitchell Golf brand.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of Mitchell fits into Caster\u2019s plans for growth and expansion. Over the past five years, Caster has acquired four companies, expanding its manufacturing capabilities, growing its employee base and broadening its market nationally and internationally. Apart from Mitchell Golf Equipment, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/caster-concepts-inc\/\">Caster Concepts<\/a> has acquired Larcaster\/Owl Welding Co.; Modern Suspension Systems; and Albion Machine and Tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caster Concepts, a manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, has acquired Mitchell Golf Equipment Company, a producer of professional club performance tools, repair equipment and supplies. \u201cCaster Concepts has actively purchased companies that fit within its manufacturing scope and provide growth opportunities,\u201d said William Dobbins, president, Caster Concepts. \u201cThe manufacturing of golf equipment requires&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/caster-concepts-acquires-golf-equipment-company\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[48,377,106],"class_list":["post-3173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-casters","tag-manufacturing","tag-material-handling"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Caster Concepts Acquires Golf Equipment Company - 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\/caster-concepts-acquires-golf-equipment-company\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Caster Concepts Acquires Golf Equipment Company - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Caster Concepts, a manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial casters and wheels, has acquired Mitchell Golf Equipment Company, a producer of professional club performance tools, repair equipment and supplies. \u201cCaster Concepts has actively purchased companies that fit within its manufacturing scope and provide growth opportunities,\u201d said William Dobbins, president, Caster Concepts. \u201cThe manufacturing of golf equipment requires... 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