Ford Meter Box aquires some Baker Coupling assets

The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc., through its whollyowned subsidiary, Baker Coupling, LLC, has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Baker Coupling Company, Inc. This transaction will expand Ford’s line of Pipe Products manufactured in Pell City, Ala.

Baker Coupling President, Ram Satyarthi, said, “I am extremely pleased that Baker Coupling Company and Ford Meter Box will join forces after so many decades as respected business partners. The products, cultures, and legacies of these two companies are a great match.”

Steve Ford, President of Ford Meter Box, noted, “Baker is a longtime industry ally and a dependable Ford partner. We look forward to the expanded capabilities they will bring to our waterworks and treatment plant customers and utilities.”

Baker Coupling Company, Inc., founded as R.H. Baker and Company over 100 years ago, manufactures a full line of pipe couplings, fittings, repair clamps, and related products for water, sewage, and industrial systems.

Manufacturing experience ranges from 3-inch pipe size to 27-foot pipe size, the latter among the largest couplings in the world.

Located in Los Angeles, California, and incorporated in 1939, Baker is a privately held manufacturer of sleevetype couplings, transition and reducing couplings, expansion and dismantling joints, tapping sleeves, flanged coupling adaptors, and related items. Its engineered products may be found in such large-scale applications as pump stations, aqueducts, and treatment plants.

The Ford Meter Box Company, Inc. is a manufacturer of water meter setting and testing equipment, service line valves and fittings, and pipeline coupling, repair, and restraint products for the waterworks industry and ancillary markets.