GHX Industrial acquires Dandy Specialties
The United Distribution Group and GHX Industrial announced the acquisition of Dandy Specialties Inc., headquartered in Abilene, Texas.
Founded in 1981, Dandy is an industrial distributor of specialized drilling rig and wellhead components and is comprised of three facilities in Abilene; Odessa, Texas, and Hobbs, N.M. Dandy will operate as a division of McCarty Equipment Co., a subsidiary of GHX Industrial.
Richard A. Harrison, president of Houston-based GHX Industrial, said that he is very excited that Dandy Specialties is now a part of the GHX Industrial portfolio of companies.
Kelly McCarty, president of Abilene, Texas-based McCarty Equipment, stated that the addition of Dandy will provide McCarty Equipment with the opportunity to expand its product and service offering to the upstream gas and oil industry.
Former owner, Andy Weatherby, will remain with the Dandy organization.
With 70 locations throughout North America, the subsidiaries of The United Distribution Group and its divisions are providers of products and services to a variety of industries including oil & gas, mining, power generation, petrochemical, agriculture, marine and various other industries.
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