Opening Your Firm’s Next Growth Chapter, Merric Millwork and Seating, St Louis, Missouri

St Louis, MO — Remember Victor Kiam? Television viewers from the 1980s will likely recall that Kiam liked his Remington shaver so much that he bought the company. So it was for Dan Claypool, who, after eyeballing six other businesses, set his sights on Merric Millwork and Seating of St. Louis.
“I wanted to be able to put my arms around the business and touch something solid, so it was either a distribution or a manufacturing company. I’m not someone who would want to own a software company,” explains Claypool, who acquired Merric last year from its previous owners, who retired after having built up the firm for 24 years. Along the way, Merric crowded its customer portfolio with an enviable list of hospitality firm clients, including Marriott, Sheraton IHOP, and others. More