AHB Tooling & Machinery purchased by two senior leadership team members

AHB Tooling & Machinery Inc., Roseville, Mich., has announced that two senior leadership team members have purchased the metalworking distributorship from previous owner Kevin Hess. Mike Gleason and Jon Hays are now co-owners of AHB, while Hess remains with the company as director of business development. No other changes to the distributor’s employee base are planned.

Hays, who has been with the company for 17 years, previously served as vice president of sales and as a metalworking specialist. He continues to lead the sales team. Gleason, former controller and, most recently, vice president of operations, continues to lead the operations team. He has been with the company for 20 years.

AHB offers industrial products including abrasives, custom-welded band saw blades, cutting tools (both round tools and indexable inserts), fluids, and air/water/oil filtration products. It also sells metalworking machinery, including band and cold saws, CNC press brakes and shears, ironworkers, lasers, plasmas, tube benders, waterjets, CNC punches, rolls, and automated structural equipment. In addition to Roseville, the firm has locations in Saginaw and Jackson, Mich.