Anvil International and Smith-Cooper International (SCI) announced the completion of its merger. While the companies are now under the same corporate ownership, Anvil and SCI sales, customer service, and fulfillment will continue to operate separately for the foreseeable future. The combined company is majority owned by Tailwind Capital, a middle market private equity firm focused on growth-oriented investments in targeted sectors within industrial services, business services, and health care.

With the completion of the merger, the combined company serves the industrial, commercial, fire protection, energy, and mining end markets with a portfolio of global brands including AFCON, Anvil, Anvil EPS, AnvilPress Anvil-Strut, Basic-PSA, Beck, Catawissa, Cooplok, Cooplet, FlexHead, FPPI, Gruvlok, J.B. Smith, Merit, Megawatt, North Alabama Pipe, SCI, Sharpe, SPF/Anvil, and SprinkFLEX. 

Jason Hild, who served as chief executive officer of SCI, will be the chief executive officer of the combined company, and Tom Fish, who served as president and CEO of Anvil, will act as its chairman.