NPK Construction Equipment purchases Genesis Attachments
NPK Construction Equipment , subsidiary of Nippon Pneumatic Mfg. Co. Ltd. has purchased U.S.-based Genesis Attachments LLC and Germany-based Genesis Holdings and Genesis GmbH.
This new partnership brings together two market-leading attachment supplier with a focus on quality products, sources report. Genesis’s scrap processing, demolition, and material handling attachments are well-engineered, high-quality products with an outstanding reputation with customers and the acquisition of Genesis will make both companies stronger. The expertise, the experience, the culture and the company spirit of both businesses will benefit all of our customers and dealers, both nationally and globally, the source continues.
Genesis Attachments LLC was founded in 1997 and is based in Superior, Wisconsin. Genesis GmbH was founded in 2002 as the European licensee and exclusive sales partner of Genesis Attachments LLC. The first-rate manufacturing facility in Superior, Wisconsin has 117 employees while its counterparts in Europe have an additional 15. NPK doesn’t plan on making changes to the business model, but rather plans on coming together with Genesis to continue improving the experience for dealers and end users.
Nippon Pneumatic Mfg. Co. LTD was founded in the early part of the 20th century selling pneumatic tools and has been designing and manufacturing construction equipment attachments since the late 1950s. In 1975, NPK Europa B.V. was established in Rotterdam, Holland to expand sales channels in the European Community. By the mid ’80s, NPK was a well-established, highly reputable manufacturer of hydraulic hammers, crushers/pulverizers and shears and pile drivers.
In 1985, NPKCE was established to provide exclusive distribution and product support for the western hemisphere. Shortly after its inception, NPKCE quickly built an extensive dealer network for product distribution. In the years since, NPKCE has added manufacturing and machining facilities transforming the company into a fully-fledged designer, manufacturer, and assembler of quality C&D attachments and pedestal boom systems.
Late in 2013, NPKCE entered into a partnership with European mining equipment manufacturer, Hermann Paus Maschinenfabrik, of Emsbüren, Germany ,serving as the exclusive distributor of Paus mining vehicles in the United States and Canada. This lead to the establishment of NPK Mining Equipment LLC in 2018 and the launch of a new branch in Elko, Nevada dedicated to the sale and service of Paus vehicles in the West.
NPK worldwide has maintained the philosophy that with enough diverse products and industries, it can withstand the valleys that every industry encounters over time. Through acquisitions, mergers, expanded products, and various new products NPK has continually worked to satisfy this philosophy and through all these opportunities we have stayed true to its philosophy to exceed customer expectations each and every day. We continue to work toward this goal as we come together with Genesis to expand even further into the scrap, demolition and adjacent industries.