December 1, 2021 (Suwanee, GA) — AMES Taping Tools, the leading provider of automatic taping and finishing (ATF) tools, supplies, and training to the professional drywall finishing industry, is pleased to announce today the successful completion of the previously announced acquisition by GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS), a leading North American specialty distributor of interior building products.

“AMES is the clear leader in their space and an important and exciting addition to GMS,” said John C. Turner, Jr., President and CEO of GMS. “This acquisition bridges two of our four key strategic pillars. We are expanding our platform while also adding the fully incremental complementary product offering of AMES.”

“We are excited about the recent completion of the acquisition by GMS and look forward to what the future brings for all of our brands,” says Jay Davisson, President and CEO of AMES Taping Tools.

AMES Taping Tools continues to operate out of 86 company-owned stores across the US for tool rentals and purchases in-store as well as tool and supply purchases online, worldwide though All-Wall.com based in Las Vegas, NV.

For more information on available products and services, visit www.amestools.com and www.all-wall.com

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About AMES Taping Tools

Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, AMES Taping Tools is the industry’s leading provider of drywall finishing tools, supplies and training. AMES pioneered the development of automatic taping and finishing tool technology in the 1930s, dramatically improving the speed, quality and efficiency of the professional finisher. AMES supplies, supports and services residential and commercial interior finishing applications through a network of company-owned and franchise operations in over 100 locations across the U.S. and Canada. For more information, visit AMES at www.amestools.com or call 800-303-1827.

About GMS
Celebrating the 50^th anniversary of its founding in 1971, GMS operates a network of more than 280 distribution centers across the United States and Canada. GMS’s extensive product offering of wallboard, suspended ceilings, steel framing and complementary construction products is designed to provide a comprehensive one-stop-shop for our core customer, the interior contractor who installs these products in commercial and residential buildings. For more information about GMS, please visit www.gms.com