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Würth Baer acquires northeast SCM powerhouse dealer Akins Machinery
By Bill Esler
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LONDONDERRY, N.H. -  Würth Baer Supply Company, a division of Würth Craft Line North America, recently completed the acquisition of Akins Machinery, Inc.,  in Londonderry, New Hampshire. 
 
Akins, a full service SCM Group North America dealer, service support center and machinery rebuild house has been servicing the Northeast United States woodworking market for over twenty years.
 
“We are very excited about this new development especially since Dick Akins and his entire team will continue to run the business with the strategic support and backing of Würth Baer Supply Company,” says Würth Baer Supply Company Vice President John Geraghty.  
 
Würth Baer Supply Company also announced two strategic expansion sites in 2018. A full-service distribution facility just opened in the metropolitan Detroit market. This outbound and will-call distribution site which is centrally located in the accessible town of Oak Park, Michigan, stocks hardware, board, laminate, adhesives, finish and many other woodworking accessory products.   
 
Würth Baer Supply Company also just opened a new full-service distribution site in Pittsburgh, on January 15, 2018.  This site, located in the Leetsdale commercial park just west of Pittsburg is also an outbound and will-call distribution branch selling hardware, board, laminate, adhesives, finish and woodworking accessories.
 
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Bill Esler | ConfSenior Editor

Bill wrote for WoodworkingNetwork.com, FDMC and Closets & Organized Storage magazines. 

Bill's background includes more than 10 years in print manufacturing management, followed by more than 30 years in business reporting on industrial manufacturing in the forest products industries, including printing and packaging at American Printer (Features Editor) and Graphic Arts Monthly (Editor in Chief) magazines; and in secondary wood manufacturing for WoodworkingNetwork.com.

Bill was deeply involved with the launches of the Woodworking Network Leadership Forum, and the 40 Under 40 Awards programs. He currently reports on technology and business trends and develops conference programs.

In addition to his work as a journalist, Bill supports efforts to expand and improve educational opportunities in the manufacturing sectors, including 10 years on the Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation; six years with the U.S. WoodLinks; and currently on the Woodwork Career Alliance Education Committee. He is also supports the Greater West Town Training Partnership Woodworking Program, which has trained more than 950 adults for industrial wood manufacturing careers. 

Bill volunteers for Foinse Research Station, a biological field station staddling the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, one of more than 200 members of the Organization of Biological Field Stations.

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