RI Gun Manufacturer Buys CT Company

RI Gun Manufacturer Buys CT Company

"The newly formed team will combine ATW’s experienced, responsive engineering and fabrication team to Metalform’s innovative gun magazines for world class quality and delivery to the firearms industry, from components to finished accessories."

The acquisition will allow ATW to vertically integrate into the rapidly growing firearms and defense industries. Among Metalform’s top products are 38 caliber, 45 caliber, and 9 mm magazines serving many of the top companies in the firearms industry.

According to Peter C. Frost, president of ATW Companies, “The acquisition of Metalform’s applications will enable us to expand our offering as a leading provider of engineered solutions in metal products for defense applications. The technologies that will evolve out of ATW’s metal manufacturing expertise and Metalform’s defense market presence will take the combined companies to a new level of product offering and market penetration.”

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According to the company:

ATW Companies deliver custom fabrication, superior quality, and attentive customer service at a competitive price. All ATW companies strive to be accessible to customers, hit tight tolerances, and resolve complex issues using their extensive expertise and diverse manufacturing capabilities, including Metal Injection Molding (MIM), CNC machining, laser cutting, precision metal tubing, and stamping. ATW brings more than 125 years of experience working with a variety of industries and technologies, specializing in defense/firearms, medical, and superconductor technologies.
ATW Companies is the parent company of A. T. Wall Company (Warwick, RI), Judson A. Smith Company (Boyertown, PA), Parmatech Corporation (Petaluma, CA), and Proform (East Providence, RI).

The legacy of the company started in Providence in the late 19th Century according to the history of Providence's Jewelry District:

A similar pattern of development but a different type of building technology produced the A.T. Wall Building at 162 Clifford Street in 1910. Ashbel T. Wall founded his company in 1888 for the production of gold-plated wire. In 1901, the company employed sixty workers, and by 1908, it had outgrown its rented quarters and had commissioned the Bowerman Brothers of Boston to design a new factory. The result, built by the Thomas F. Cullinan Company of Providence, was the first example in Rhode Island of mushroom-column, flat-slab reinforced-concrete construction. The mushroom-column system of flat-slab construction, developed by C.A.P. Turner in 1905-06, was one of the earliest successful flat-slab structural systems. The A.T. Wall Company occupied part of the building and rented the rest. One of the first tenants was the Clark and Coombs Manufacturing Company, makers of gold rings. Established in 1862, the Clark and Coombs firm is still in operation in the Wall Building.
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