Trive-backed Kittyhawk Acquires Stack HIP from Stack Metallurgical Group
March 7, 2024
Trive-backed Kittyhawk, a provider of hot isostatic pressing (HIP) services, has acquired Stack HIP from Stack Metallurgical Group. The acquisition adds Stack HIP's Albany, Oregon facility — which houses some of the largest high-pressure HIP vessels in North America — expanding Kittyhawk's capacity and capabilities to serve aerospace, space, defense, and medical customers; SMG will continue to operate its other heat treatment and aluminum processing facilities.
- Buyers
- Kittyhawk, Inc., Trive Capital
- Targets
- Stack HIP, LLC
- Sellers
- Stack Metallurgical Group
- Platforms
- Kittyhawk, Inc.
- Industry
- Industrial Services
- Location
- Oregon, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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