Single Source Technologies Acquires Automation Solutions
The acquisition will serve the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Single Source Technologies (SST; Auburn Hills, Michigan), a North American machine distributor and subsidiary of Makino Inc., has acquired Automation Solutions Inc. (ASI; Charlestown, Massachusetts). According to SST, the acquisition supports the company’s efforts to expand its distribution network for customers in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The acquired company will go by the name of SST Mid-Atlantic.
ASI was founded in 1992 as a full-service machine tool distributor for Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Long Island, New York. SST’s acquisition provides customers the same service with the addition of a direct relationship with Makino and SST’s local engineering support groups.
SST Mid-Atlantic will occupy the main office and showroom facility in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and will also continue to operate from its Pine Brook, New Jersey, facility.
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