A platform company goes on acquisition spree

A platform company goes on acquisition spree

InCompass, an umbrella company formed to bring together businesses offering manufacturing solutions, has made two acquisitions that "align perfectly with the InCompass commitment to delivering superior industrial solutions."

August 7, 2023

InCompass, an umbrella company formed to bring together businesses offering manufacturing solutions, has made two acquisitions that "align perfectly with the InCompass commitment to delivering superior industrial solutions."

The platform company of TJM Capital Partners has acquired Bourn & Koch Inc., a manufacturer of machinery including gear shaping, grinding, milling, and turning equipment, and the machinery division of Mollart Engineering, which makes deep-hole boring, reaming, tapping, coun…" title="Operation in which a rotating tool is used to create a round hole in a workpiece. boring, reaming, tapping, coun…" title="Operation in which a rotating tool is used to create a round hole in a workpiece. Drilling is normally the first step in machining operations such as boring, reaming, tapping, coun…" aria-label="Glossary: drilling">Drilling is normally the first step in machining operations such as boring, reaming, tapping, coun…" aria-label="Glossary: drilling">drilling machine tools.

With the integration of Bourn & Koch, InCompass expands its global footprint and gains a competitive edge in key industries, the company said in a statement.

The acquired company will continue to expand InCompass manufacturing solutions in markets including Aerospace, Automotive, Defense, Energy, and more. InCompass CEO Micah Coleman said, "At InCompass, we are committed to providing our customers with a comprehensive range of solutions. The addition of Bourn & Koch further strengthens our ability to be the preferred partner for their manufacturing needs."

As for Mollart, which makes solutions for gun drilling, deep hole boring, and deep hole finishing, Chairman Tom McDonough said the acquisition fit within the company's vision for growth.

"Mollart provides exceptional products for deep hole drilling and gives us the opportunity to provide more solutions to our customers," said McDonough.

The financial terms of the two transactions were not disclosed.

Glossary terms in this article

  • finishing
    Any of many different processes employed for surface, edge and corner preparation, as well as conditioning, cleaning and coating. In machining, usually constitutes a final operatio…
  • drilling
    Operation in which a rotating tool is used to create a round hole in a workpiece. Drilling is normally the first step in machining operations such as boring, reaming, tapping, coun…
  • grinding
    Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grin…
  • milling
    Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle…
  • shaping
    Using a shaper primarily to produce flat surfaces in horizontal, vertical or angular planes. It can also include the machining of curved surfaces, helixes, serrations and special w…
  • turning
    Workpiece is held in a chuck, mounted on a face plate or secured between centers and rotated while a cutting tool, normally a single-point tool, is fed into it along its periphery…
  • boring
    Enlarging a hole that already has been drilled or cored. Generally, it is an operation of truing the previously drilled hole with a single-point, lathe-type tool. Boring is essenti…