Kottler Metal Products Company Overview

Headquartered in Willoughby, OH, Kottler is an industry leader providing complex tube, pipe, rail, and structural steel bending services to a diverse and tenured customer base across multiple end markets.

We have been impressed by the Company’s technical capabilities, loyal customer base, and strong financial profile that we believe will benefit from Continuim’s Operational Playbook, the Efficiency Driven Growth Engine (“EDGE”), to drive increased efficiencies and manufacturing capacity through implementing Lean principles to support continued growth and value creation for the Company.

Our Portfolio Operations team looks forward to working with Mr. Barry Feldman and Mr. Aaron Simkoff – 4th and 5th generation family business members respectively – to expand Kottler’s current production capacity, to serve new and existing customers, to add to the Company’s talented employee base, and to build out a strong commercial team to drive organic growth. We will simultaneously pursue a targeted acquisition strategy to seek to build upon Kottler’s strengths and to create a multi-regional business with a complementary set of large, complex metal bending capabilities.

George Pilafas, Managing Partner of Continuim, stated, “Our team at Continuim is proud to continue our mission of supporting the growth of successful manufacturing businesses with the acquisition of Kottler Metal Products. The Company’s tenure and reputation in the industry coupled with their differentiated set of capabilities makes Kottler an ideal fit for our Operational Playbook. We are pleased to partner with Mr. Feldman and Mr. Simkoff, and to help Kottler achieve its next phase of growth.”

Barry Feldman, President of Kottler said, “We are elated to work with Continuim, a partner that shares our values for leadership, integrity, respect for employees, and servicing customers. We are confident that, under their umbrella, Kottler Metal Products will continue to grow, offer secure employment to our team, and excel in the marketplace to reach new opportunities in fabrication”.

Read about Kottler’s new CEO here.

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