Gierke Robinson, founded in 1919, brings four locations in Iowa—Davenport, Bettendorf, Dubuque, and Waterloo—to the White Cap portfolio. The firm specializes in concrete accessories, tool rentals, and equipment repair, catering to paving and general contractors. For White Cap, which currently operates 575 branches and employs over 12,000 people, the move serves as a strategic play to deepen its service capabilities in the Midwestern market.
White Cap Expands Midwest Reach with Gierke Robinson Acquisition
A century of construction expertise changes hands as Atlanta-based White Cap signs a definitive agreement to acquire Gierke Robinson Company, Inc. The deal bolsters White Cap’s footprint across Eastern Iowa, Western Illinois, and Southwest Wisconsin, integrating a legacy distributor into its expansive North American supply network.
White Cap CEO Alan Sollenberger noted the acquisition leverages Gierke Robinson’s long-standing reputation to provide customers with a broader range of resources. Terry Kilburg, owner of Gierke Robinson, characterized the transition as an opportunity to scale the company’s traditional service model through White Cap’s larger infrastructure. The acquisition marks another step in White Cap’s ongoing consolidation of the specialty construction supply sector, where it already serves approximately 200,000 clients across non-residential and infrastructure markets.
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