US wood processing machinery manufacturer USNR has acquired rival firm Coe Newnes/McGehee in order to enhance its product offering to customers.
The deal includes Newnes-McGehee, the solid wood business unit, and the dry kiln and engineered wood product business unit Coe Manufacturing.
This will be joined with USNR’s existing product offering to provide a comprehensive machinery range for customers.
“This offers customers far more options when planning a project,” said USNR vice-president Chris Blomquist.
“By combining our product lines and our service and support operations, customers will be able to design the solution that best meets their needs.”
The delivery of spare parts will also be enhanced by the deal, with USNR saying the use of combined warehousing and logistics will make the process faster and more economical.
“As we integrate the two businesses we are anticipating that our even larger network of warehousing and logistics resources will allow us to deliver replacement parts to all of our customers faster and more economically,” said parts sales manager Shirley Lawrence.
USNR added the deal will see it take over maintenance responsibility for existing Newnes-McGehee installed systems, utilising “a larger pool of talented technical resources” according to Mr Blomquist.
