# United Pipe & Steel and Merfish Pipe & Supply announce merger

United Pipe & Steel and Merfish Pipe & Supply are combining under Merfish Pipe Holdings, majority owned by One Equity Partners. The merger creates the largest master distributor of standard pipe products in the US.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-02-04
- Where: United States
- Status: announced
- Products: carbon steel pipe, copper tube, PVC pipe, electrical conduit
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [One Equity Partners](https://endata.com/companies/710.md) (investor)
- [United Pipe & Steel](https://endata.com/companies/37081.md) (target)
- [Merfish Pipe & Supply](https://endata.com/companies/37082.md) (acquirer)
- [Merfish Pipe Holdings](https://endata.com/companies/37083.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [supplyht.com](https://www.supplyht.com/articles/101939-united-pipe-steel-and-merfish-pipe-supply-announce-merger), 2019-02-04: "Our new partnership with United Pipe and Steel is synergistic and will create the largest master distributor of standard pipe products in the United States."

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