Stork Acquires Controlling Interest in Garwood Laboratories of California
June 12, 2008
Stork Materials Technology has acquired a controlling interest in Garwood Laboratories of California, with an option to purchase all remaining shares in the future. Garwood is a provider of product qualification and development testing for the aerospace, military, telecommunications, automotive, commercial, and medical markets.
Founded in 1954, Garwood’s two facilities in Pico Rivera and San Clemente serve domestic and international customers with a wide range of services, including EMC/EMI, product safety, and climatic and dynamic testing. Other offerings include NEBS/telecom, package, seismic, shock, vibration, and hydraulics/pneumatics testing. The laboratories are fully accredited by A2LA to ISO/IEC 17025.
Stork Materials Technology Chief Executive Officer Charles Noall said, “The acquisition of Garwood Laboratories allows us to offer an extended range of capabilities to the aerospace, defense, and telecom sectors. For many years, Stork and Garwood testing laboratories have supported many mutual clients. Stork Garwood will continue to operate successfully with their excellent staff and General Manager Jim Armstrong’s leadership, and we look forward to working together to provide an even more comprehensive portfolio of services.”
Stork Garwood General Manager Jim Armstrong said, “We are excited to become a part of Stork and provide our customers even more access to the global marketplace with international locations and the additional testing capabilities of 29 other testing laboratories.”
The transfer of the controlling interest to Stork Materials Technology was effective April 30, 2008.
About Stork Materials Technology
Stork Materials Technology is a subsidiary of Stork B.V., a key provider of machinery, engineering, and technical services to industry since 1868. Stork’s global network of testing laboratories has become the preeminent provider of laboratory testing in aerospace, architectural, automotive, chemical, manufacturing, medical, nuclear, power generation, polymer, and telecommunications markets.