# Central Industrial Manufacturing acquires GP Manufacturing

Central Industrial Manufacturing, a precision CNC machining company based in Harbor Springs, Michigan, has acquired Buchanan-based GP Manufacturing, a metalworking and welding machine shop. The deal includes clients, assets, and custom tooling abilities.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-04-17
- Where: Buchanan, Michigan, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: machined parts, special dies, tools, jigs, fixtures
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Central Industrial Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/38794.md) (acquirer)
- [GP Manufacturing](https://endata.com/companies/38795.md) (target)

## Sources

- [crainsgrandrapids.com](https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/manufacturer-acquires-machine-shop/), 2019-04-17: "The entire process took only a little longer than seven months, from initially reaching out to Calder to closing, which was less than I expected."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.