Article: New supplier Cerion buys bankrupt metal parts makers.(NEWS)

Byline: Ryan Beene

With the acquisitions of three bankrupt auto parts makers in the stamped and cast metal component sector, new manufacturer Cerion could generate nearly $1 billion in annual revenue.

Since December, Cerion, of suburban Detroit, and parent company, Revstone Industries, of Paris, Ky., have acquired the die-cast metal component business of Contech, almost all the assets and operations of stamping firm Precision Parts International Inc. and, this month, the assets of castings producer Intermet Corp.

Revstone is headed by George Hofmeister, a Kentucky industrialist with a track record of executing automotive deals in Detroit and the ...

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