Amano Pioneer Eclipse Corp. (APEC), parent company of American Sanders, announced the acquisition of HireTech, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of wood floor sanding machines for the tool rental market.
HireTech produces a disc edger, orbital sander and a line of drum sanders.
“With HireTech’s established presence in the UK, Europe, and Australia, this acquisition allows APEC to further expand its geographic reach into the international rental markets,” stated Tom Benton, CEO of Amano Pioneer Eclipse. “This acquisition complements our American Sanders brand of wood floor products which have a well established distribution in the tool rental market, primarily in North America.”
HireTech was founded in 1955 as a tool rental business and began manufacturing floor sanders in 1974. It has distribution in the UK, Europe, Australia and North America. Its manufacturing operations will remain based in the UK.
