Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (“PIP®”) has acquired Industrial Starter, S.p.A, (“Industrial Starter”) headquartered Vicenza, Italy, which includes all of the Industrial Starter affiliates throughout Europe.

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (“PIP^®”), a global leader in hand protection and PPE for the industrial, construction, and retail markets, announces that it has acquired Paramount Safety Products (“Paramount”), headquartered in Perth, Western Australia.

Protective Industrial Products, Inc. (“PIP^®”), a leading supplier of hand protection and PPE to the industrial, construction, and retail markets, proudly announces the acquisition of Primax Manufacturing & Trading, Inc. (“Primax”) and its innovative Caiman^® brand, headquartered in La Mirada, CA. PIP^® is a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity (“Audax”).

3M on October 4 announced that it has completed its acquisition of Scott Safety from Johnson Controls for a total enterprise value of $2.0 billion.

Mallory Safety and Supply has acquired the safety distribution business of United Fire Health and Safety of Portland, Oregon.

Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Inc. recently announced that it has acquired Senscient, Inc., a leader in laser-based gas detection technology that can be used in a broad range of industrial, oil and gas production and petrochemical processing applications.