Crawford United Corporation Receives Weatherhead Award

CLEVELAND, Dec. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —  Crawford United Corporation (OTC: CRAWA), a diversified holding company engaged in specialty aerospace components, commercial air handling, and industrial hose business segments, today announced that it has been named one of the fastest growing companies in Northeast Ohio by the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University.  The annual Weatherhead 100 list recognizes companies in the region with the greatest increase in revenue over a five-year period. 
Crawford United, the largest company in the top 10 on this year’s list, was recognized for a growth rate of over 950% in the five-year period ending in December 2018.  Brian Powers, Chairman and CEO, stated “We are pleased to be recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in our region.  Our success is made possible by the support of our customers, the dedication of our employees, and the strategic guidance of our Board of Directors.” About Crawford United Corporation.  Crawford United Corporation is a growth-oriented holding company providing specialty industrial products to diverse markets, including healthcare, aerospace, education, transportation, and petrochemical. The company currently operates three business segments.  The Aerospace Components business specializes in highly complex precision components primarily for customers in the commercial aviation industry, offering complete end-to-end engineering, machining, grinding, welding, brazing, heat treat, and assembly solutions. The Commercial Air Handling business is a leader in designing, manufacturing, and installing highly customized, large-scale commercial, institutional, and industrial air handling solutions. The Industrial Hose business is a premier manufacturer of flexible interlocking metal hoses and a distributor of a full line of branded silicone and hydraulic hose products to diverse industrial markets. For more information, go to www.crawfordunited.com.Information about Forward Looking Statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements made regarding the company’s future results. Generally, these statements can be identified by the use of words such as “guidance,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “seeks,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results and events may differ significantly from those anticipated as a result of risks and uncertainties, including deterioration of or instability in the economy, the markets the Company serves and the financial markets, developments and uncertainties in U.S. laws and policy, decreased availability or increased costs of materials used in producing the Company’s products, contractions or growth rates and seasonality or cyclicality of markets the Company serves, competition, loss of any key customer, the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the businesses it acquires and achieve the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions,  the impact of divestitures and dispositions, the impact of the Company’s debt obligations on its operations and liquidity, as well as the risks described from time to time in the company’s reports as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of the Company and its forward-looking statements is included in its most recent Form 10-K and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as may be required by law. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.Contact: Brian E. Powers, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CRAWFORD UNITED CORPORATION
10514 Dupont Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44108
216-496-3238
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