Article: Ponder Industries acquires Apex Tools; opens Oklahoma City facility.

ALICE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1995--Ponder Industries Inc. (NASDAQ, NM, BSE:PNDR), an oilfield service company specializing in fishing tools for the recovery of unwanted obstructions in the bore holes of oil wells, has acquired Apex Tools, of Healdton, Okla. in a cash transaction.

Apex Tools is a 45-year-old, privately-held supplier of fishing tools with annual revenues of approximately $1 million, serving several major oil companies and independent oil and gas production companies in Southern Oklahoma.

Ponder Industries also announced that it has opened operations in Fort Smith, Ark., to consolidate sales and service of fishing tools and other ...

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