SP Industries Expands Lab Portfolio By Acquiring Reliance Glass Works

SP Industries (Buena, NJ) has acquired the assets of Reliance Glass Works Inc. (Bensenville, IL). Reliance, a major supplier of scientific glassware in the Midwest since 1963, will operate as the Reliance Glass Division of Wilmad/Wilmad/LabGlass -- an SP Industries Brand (Buena/Vineland, NJ).

"We are excited to add Reliance to the SP Industries organization," says John Partridge, president and CEO of SP Industries. "This acquisition fulfills our organizational strategy of continued market growth in targeted regions of the country, resulting in closer customer support, increased local inventory, and a comprehensive product line."

Wilmad specializes in custom-designed, high-precision glassware products for spectroscopy applications. These are manufactured in a variety of glasses including quartz, Pyrex, and sodium borosilicate. Wilmad products are used in high-tech aerospace systems, state-of-the-art analytical measurement equipment, and sophisticated electronic components and subassemblies.

Wilmad/LabGlass -- an SP Industries Brand has manufactured custom-designed products for research laboratories for more than 60 years. The company offers a line of products designed specifically for biotechnology and wet chemistry applications. Among the company's off-the-shelf research products are adapters, bubblers, clamps, condensers, distillation apparatus, flasks, vials, and stoppers.

SP Industries Inc. was created in December 1996 by a management-led buyout of three long-established companies that are recognized leaders in their markets. Since then, SP Industries has become a major player in the laboratory, scientific, and industrial marketplaces. SP Industries' operating companies are Reliance Glass, Wilmad/LabGlass, Wilmad/LabGlass -- an SP Industries Brand(Philadelphia), Hull (Hatboro, PA), and VirTis (Gardiner, NY).

For more information, call SP Industries at 609-697-4700.