• ORS Nasco, backed by Wynnchurch Capital, acquired Canada-based welding wholesaler Techniweld and its U.S. PowerWeld business.
• ORS also bought Essendant’s proprietary janitorial and facility-supplies brands Boardwalk, GEN, and Windsoft.
• The deals expand ORS’s North American welding platform, building on its 2026 Alliance Distribution purchase and 2025 Techniweld USA acquisition.
• The Essendant brand carve-out reconnects ORS with its former owner, following ORS’s separation from Essendant in 2019.

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