Why This Matters to Distributors: The acquisition expands Wolter’s equipment sales and service network across the Southeast. It also gives WMH customers access to additional warehouse automation, robotics, storage, and loading dock services.
Wolter has acquired WMH Solutions, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based forklift dealer, adding 11 locations and more than 200 employees to its material handling equipment business.
The acquisition expands Brookfield, Wisconsin-based Wolter to more than 40 locations across 15 states, with more than 1,000 employees. Financial terms were not disclosed.
WMH, also known as Wheeler Material Handling, distributes Linde forklifts and provides equipment rentals, parts, repairs, fleet management, warehouse automation, and training. It operates across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama, serving manufacturers and distributors.
Scott Moe, WMH’s president and chief operating officer, will continue leading the acquired operations. The combined business will operate under the Wolter brand, the company said.
Wolter said the acquisition gives WMH customers access to a broader range of warehouse automation and robotics, industrial storage and racking, loading dock and door equipment, overhead cranes, and engineered systems. It also expands the companies’ combined technician network, parts inventories and 24-hour service coverage.
The deal follows three other acquisitions Wolter announced this year as it expanded its geographic reach and services for warehouses and industrial facilities.
In April, Wolter acquired CSI Materials Handling of Downers Grove, Illinois, adding storage, racking, design, and installation capabilities in the Chicago market. In July, it acquired Delta Materials Handling, adding operations in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas.
Wolter acquired West Bend, Wisconsin-based Flatley Dock Systems in a transaction that closed Sept. 1. The business added loading dock equipment, high-speed doors, commercial overhead doors and related services in the Milwaukee and Chicago markets.
Founded in 1962, Wolter is a family-owned provider of material handling equipment, automation, storage, and industrial services. WMH was founded in 1988 by Joe Wheeler.
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