Carlisle Industrial Brake and Friction Completes Acquisition of Hawk Corporation

We are pleased to confirm that earlier this week, Carlisle Companies Incorporated (NYSE: CSL) completed the acquisition of Hawk Corporation, a leading worldwide supplier of friction materials for brakes, clutches and transmissions. The addition of Hawk and its well established and respected brands to Carlisle’s existing Industrial Brake and Friction (CIBF) business creates an extremely strong company with technological leadership and global capabilities to better serve you, our customer, with a comprehensive portfolio of products and solutions that are unmatched in the global industrial braking industry. Whether your application calls for wet or dry friction materials, mechanical braking assemblies, braking actuation solutions, or even full pedal-to-wheel hydraulic braking systems, the new CIBF offers our customers the broadest set of capabilities in our industry.