HOUSTON—Eriks purchased all of the commercial activities of Leader Global Technologies, a manufacturer and provider of spiral wound and metal gaskets for a variety of industrial applications worldwide.
Leader is headquartered in Houston and has operations in Baton Rouge, L.A., and Bytca, Slovakia.
Eriks CEO Johan Sleebus said the acquisition brings Eriks a well-known brand in a key product category.
Leader's U.S. operations will become a part of the Eriks North America business while the Bytca manufacturing facility will become part of Eriks' European operations.
Netherlands-based Eriks is a industrial service provider with a wide range of mechanical engineering components and associated technical and logistics services, including fabricated hoses, gaskets, valves and sealing products.