{"id":2275,"date":"2018-05-23T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2018-05-23T13:56:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T13:56:52","slug":"kinshofer-acquires-atlas-transverse-cutter-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/kinshofer-acquires-atlas-transverse-cutter-business\/","title":{"rendered":"KINSHOFER Acquires Atlas Drum Cutter Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINSHOFER, one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has acquired the Schaeff Transverse Cutter business from Atlas GmbH, a Germany-based crane and excavator manufacturer. <!--more Continue reading-->The transverse, or drum cutters, are the first in KINSHOFER\u2019s line of crane and excavator attachments, allowing the company to serve contractors in a wider range of industries, including tunneling and mining. The addition also gives contractors in construction, demolition and landscaping access to a broader range of attachments, all from one manufacturer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers come to us for our breadth of high-quality, innovative attachments that are known for increasing productivity,\u201d said Thomas Friedrich, KINSHOFER Group president and CEO. \u201cIt\u2019s the hallmark of our business, and the new drum cutters represent that by giving contractors higher profitability, greater efficiency and more flexibility than competitive models.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/KINSHOFER_DrumCutter-b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/KINSHOFER_DrumCutter-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/KINSHOFER_DrumCutter-b.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/KINSHOFER_DrumCutter-b-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>KINSHOFER is rolling out the new product line globally as the WS-Series Drum Cutters. The cutters will be KINSHOFER branded and sold and supported by the company\u2019s dealer network. KINSHOFER will also service units sold by Atlas and provide technical support as well as parts, which are available through KINSHOFER dealers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKINSHOFER is just as committed to quality and performance as us, and they are poised to take the product to new heights,\u201d said Brahim Sitiou, president and CEO of Atlas GmbH. \u201cThis change is not only good for both companies, but customers as well. They want one manufacturer they can go to for their attachment needs, and this transition gives them that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atlas divested its well-established cutter business to continue its focus on manufacturing cranes and excavators, the company\u2019s core products since 1919.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About KINSHOFER<\/strong><br \/>\nKINSHOFER is one of the world\u2019s leading sources of high-quality attachments for excavators and loader cranes. Founded in Germany in 1971, the KINSHOFER Group includes the KINSHOFER, Demarec, RF Systems, Auger Torque, Doherty and Solesbee&#8217;s brands. KINSHOFER offers a wide product range with just about every type of attachment for equipment carriers with and without hydraulics in industries as diverse as scrap, demolition, railway, landscaping, construction, snow clearing, excavating, road building, forestry, tire recycling and biomass. For more information: Kinshofer USA, 6420 Inducon Drive, Suite G, Sanborn, NY 14132; 800-268-9525; sales-usa@kinshofer.com; www.kinshofer.com; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube or Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINSHOFER, one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has acquired the Schaeff Transverse Cutter business from Atlas GmbH, a Germany-based crane and excavator manufacturer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"KINSHOFER Acquires Atlas Drum Cutter Business - Attachment News &amp; Announcements - Attachmart.com&#039;s Blog","description":"KINSHOFER, one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of high-quality excavator and loader crane attachments, has acquired the Schaeff Transverse Cutter business"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2279,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.attachmart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}