Exciting acquisition news: Mott Manufacturing completed its acquisition of the SBI Lab division.
June 7, 2021
Mott Manufacturing is pleased to announce that it has acquired the lab furniture division of Saxton Bradley Inc. (SBI). SBI has been a leading distributor of Mott’s laboratory furniture and fume hoods for higher education, biotech/pharma and government markets in California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and western Montana. SBI has been successfully led for 25 years by Raymond Near, President/CEO, his mission has been to provide innovative and excellent customer service to the company’s laboratory customers. This talented group of people will become part of our mottLAB distribution channel and will be known as, mottLAB West. Our objective is to bring our western states customers a consistent level of service from initial contact through final installation.
"This acquisition is a great example of Mott's energetic plans to grow our business," said Ed Seegmiller, President and CEO of Mott. "SBI and Mott have had a great working relationship for many years. Integrating the SBI team into mottLAB enlarges our industry footprint as we supply laboratories with lab furniture and fume hoods. This acquisition grows our business in the western United States and adds great people to the mottLAB team."
“We are extremely pleased to have the SBI lab furniture division join mottLAB,” said Mario Di Fonte, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Mott. “Greg Adams, Vice President of mottLAB West has worked in the laboratory casework industry for 35 years, from installing lab furniture, project management, to managing operations. Add this to mottLAB’s 25 years of experience, bringing even more collective skills and knowledge to the team. Together we’ll bring a seamless customer experience from initial customer contact through final installation – especially on projects requiring unique product solutions.”
ABOUT MOTT MANUFACTURING: Mott is a manufacturer of steel, stainless steel, wood, plastic laminate and phenolic resin laboratory casework, systems furniture, and fume hoods with factories in Brantford, Ontario and Maxwelton, WV. Markets served are university teaching & research, industrial, biotech, pharma, healthcare, government, and K-12. www.mott.ca
ABOUT mottLAB: For 25 years mottLAB has been a respected distributor of Mott’s laboratory casework, systems furniture, and fume hoods, along with other related laboratory products. They have provided customers with effective product solutions to the most challenging laboratory applications. www.mottLAB.com