GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Minda and Stiles have announced Minda’s acquisition of Deal Manufacturing in North Carolina and the subsequent formation of Minda North America. 

Minda’s acquisition of Deal Manufacturing and new presence in North America will further support Stiles’ efforts to expand the mass timber industry and continue their delivery of customer service.

Stiles will continue to be the sales, service and support partner, while Minda North America will continue to integrate and manufacture various technologies necessary for the mass timber industry. With the anticipated growth of the mass timber industry in North America over the next decade, both parties are forming an even closer partnership in order to better serve the market.  

Charles Martin, who has been with Stiles for more than eight years. will become the president and CEO of Minda North America, which will be based in Granite Falls, North Carolina.

Based in Minden, Germany, Minda Industrieanlagen GmbH provides specialized production systems including mass timber components, including tailor-made production lines for mass timber products. See http://www.stilesmachinery.com