Schaefer Ventilation Equipment acquires assets of Americ Corp.

Schaefer Ventilation Equipment of Sauk Rapids, Minn. announces the acquisition of the assets of the industrial fan business of Americ Corp. of Elk Grove Village, Ill., effective April 4, 2012.

Schaefer Ventilation designs, manufactures and markets fans and other ventilation equipment to agricultural, industrial, commercial and rental customers in the U.S. and abroad. 

Americ Corp. has been manufacturing and marketing a leading line of confined space ventilation fans and accessories to industrial and equipment rental markets for more than twenty years.

Schaefer has acquired the Americ brand, product designs, customer lists and other assets, and will merge the Americ fan business with its own ventilation business, including moving fan assembly to Schaefer’s Sauk Rapids assembly facility this summer.

 “Americ fans are known the world over for quality and reliability. We are very pleased to add this made-in-America product line to the existing Schaefer product line,” said Neil Crocker, President of Schaefer Ventilation. “The Americ fan line allows us to serve markets that have previously been beyond our reach and to accelerate Schaefer’s international expansion.”

“We are pleased to have found a good owner for our fan business and a good partner for our existing representatives, dealers and customers,” said Takashi Dohi, President of Americ Corp. “With the sale of the Americ fan business, Americ Corp. will now be known as Americ Machinery Corporation, and will be more highly focused on our core used construction equipment business.”

To learn more about Schaefer Ventilation Equipment, visit www.schaeferfan.com.