Wolverine Advanced Materials expands market via new acquisition

WOLVERINE Advanced Materials (Wolverine) acquired the Global OE and Aftermarket Brake business of Material Sciences Corporation (MSC), a division of New Star Metals. The deal closed Friday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The acquisition of MSC’s Brake business further expands Wolverine’s global market presence while adding to its broad portfolio of products. The combination of Wolverine and MSC allows for workflow efficiencies, as both Wolverine and MSC have extensive experience and knowledge of NVH Solutions, including years of research, technology, and product development.

Wolverine Advanced Materials is a developer and manufacturer of high-performance materials with core competency in performance-critical, specialty elastomer-coated metals that offer damping and seal-ability solutions in the Automotive Brake, NVH, and Sealing industries.