Cleereman Industries (Newald, WI) announces an acquisition of Precision Fabricating, a Material Handling company. McDonough Manufacturing (Eau Claire, WI) was a shareholder of Precision Fabricating, utilizing the company’s expertise for its material handling needs, and will now be a minority shareholder of Cleereman Industries as a result of the transaction. Cleereman Industries and McDonough Manufacturing will now work closely together under a strategic alliance to better serve the industry.

Cleereman’s acquisition of Precision and resulting strategic alliance with McDonough will allow us to provide unparallel expertise and quality to produce a “turn key” mill for our valued customers. This now includes design, layout, and equipment manufacturer for Carriages, Band Mills, Resaws, custom Material Handling equipment, Optimized Edgers, thin kerf Gangs, Automated Grading Stations, Drop Saw Trimmers and Trimmer Lines, and other related saw mill needs, - all with the quality that Cleereman and McDonough have provided for generations.

Fran Cleereman will continue as President of Cleereman Industries. Rod Chitko, formerly with Precision, will now serve as Vice President – Material Handling Division. Jeff Krueger a member of the Cleereman team for over 15 years has now been promoted to Vice President –Carriage Division. Matt Tietz, owner of McDonough, will serve as an active advisor in addition to his new shareholder interest.

Fran Cleereman and Matt Tietz jointly state, “Our new partnership has been formed with one overriding priority – how to better meet our customers needs in a fast changing world. By working together we have expanded our resources, both in regard to our people and product line. We can now build upon the exceptional customer service we have respectively provided by offering broader solutions in a more seamless fashion.”

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Please contact Cleereman Industries at (715) 674-2727 or McDonough Manufacturing at (715) 834-7755 with any inquiries about your sawmill needs.