United Pipe & Steel and Merfish Pipe & Supply announce merger
Ipswich, Massachusetts-based United Pipe & Steel and Houston, Texas-based Merfish Pipe & Supply announced they are combining under Merfish Pipe Holdings, an entity that is majority owned by One Equity Partners.
Both companies are recent recipients of the Supply House Times PVF Ring of Honor award.
Merfish, founded in 1920, is a master distributor of carbon steel welded and seamless pipe as well as carbon steel fittings and flanges, serving distributors across the United States through its five locations in Houston, New Jersey, Florida, Southern California and northern California.
Founded in 1980, United Pipe & Steel is a master distributor of carbon steel standard pipe, copper tube, PVC pipe, electrical conduit and related products. It distributes this diverse set of products from 12 locations strategically located throughout the United States in Ipswich; Easton, Pennsylvania; Elyria, Ohio; Franklin, Indiana; Loves Park, Illinois; Burlington, North Carolina; Corsicana, Texas; Topeka, Kansas; Birmingham, Alabama; Apopka, Florida; Rialto, California and Stockton, California.
United Pipe & Steel CEO Greg Leidner will assume the role of CEO of Merfish Pipe Holdings. Current Merfish CEO Gerald Merfish has been named chairman of Merfish Pipe Holdings. Gerlad Merfish remains an investor in Merfish Pipe Holdings and Leidner also has invested in Merfish Pipe Holdings with One Equity Partners.