{"id":10780,"date":"2022-10-06T07:49:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T07:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=10780"},"modified":"2022-10-06T07:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T07:49:33","slug":"bishop-buys-westech-rigging-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/bishop-buys-westech-rigging-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Buys Westech Rigging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Lifting Products<\/a>, a portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, has completed the acquisition of Westech Rigging Supply, with locations in Eugene and Salem, OR.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1956, Westech has been family owned and operated by the Anderson family, serving customers throughout Oregon with an online presence that serves customers across the country. Following the closing, current Westech owner Nick Anderson will assume a leadership role at Bishop Lifting Products<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Westech marks Bishop\u2019s tenth acquisition since 2012 and is part of Bishop\u2019s ongoing strategy to become the country\u2019s leading provider of lifting products and services. Including Westech, Bishop<\/a> provides the scale and footprint of 30 locations across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to continue our growth through acquisition as we reach the milestone of 30 locations to serve our customers,\u201d said Harold King, President of Bishop Lifting Products<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWestech expands on our service of the logging, utility, and related industries in the Northwest. We look forward to working with Nick and the Westech team as we continue to build out our national footprint to serve customers locally with our deep industry knowledge while providing our high-quality products to customers throughout the country via our online platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Bishop Lifting Products has completed the acquisition of Westech Rigging Supply.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe are excited to join Bishop<\/a> to continue the work that my family has been doing for more than 65 years,\u201d said Nick Anderson of Westech and newly appointed Director of Ecommerce for Bishop Lifting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBishop<\/a> provides the reach to best serve our nationwide online customer base while also expanding our product and service offerings locally.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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