MAC LTT Gains Manufacturing Assets of Burch Tank & Truck
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MAC Liquid Tank Trailer has acquired the manufacturing assets of Burch Tank & Truck. Financial details of the transaction announced May 20 were not disclosed.
In the deal, MAC LTT gained a facility that will allow it to manufacture stainless steel cargo tanks in Mount Pleasant, Mich.
“It just kind of fit into place pretty quick,” JC Dolinger, vice president of sales, told Transport Topics. “MAC LTT has been looking to get into stainless steel production for a while. We have a lot of different plants that could have worked, but just the way it merged with the people at Burch, it just ended up being the best fit and the best way to get us started.”
MAC Trailer, based in Alliance, Ohio, manufactures dump, flatbed and transfer trailers. The company has locations nationwide and facilities with a combined 1.35 million square feet of space. MAC LTT is a division within the company.
“Burch has good quality manufacturing equipment, and they got a good quality reputation,” Dolinger said. “They have the ability to build a stainless tank. So it’s kind of a turnkey operation for us.”
The Michigan facility will operate similar to how it did before.
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“The transition has basically already happened,” Dolinger said. “They are operating now. Here is how it worked out: What we did was bought the manufacturing assets of Burch Tank. We are going to sell the stainless steel products under the MAC LTT Stainless Division brand.”
Burch Tank & Truck, founded in 1990, serves the agricultural, chemical, oil field, aviation and petroleum industries with a focus on 3A sanitary transports.
“Burch Tank & Truck will still exist as a repair shop and as a parts center,” Dolinger said. “Burch will now become a MAC LTT Stainless Division dealer for Michigan and other areas in the Upper Midwest.”
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