# Prinoth acquires forestry machinery maker AHWI Maschinenbau

Prinoth, a South Tyrol-based group, has fully acquired AHWI Maschinenbau GmbH, a forestry machinery manufacturer in Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany. The acquisition was completed at the end of 2016, and AHWI will become Prinoth's global competence center for vegetation management.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-02-03
- Where: Herdwangen-Schönach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Status: completed
- Products: forestry machinery, vegetation management equipment
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Prinoth](https://endata.com/companies/21964.md) (acquirer)
- [AHWI Maschinenbau](https://endata.com/companies/21965.md) (target)

## Sources

- [schwaebische.de](https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/sigmaringen/herdwangen-schoenach/prinoth-gruppe-uebernimmt-maschinenbauer-aus-herdwangen-508835), 2017-02-03: "Mit der Eingliederung können nun weitere Schritte zum globalen Ausbau dieses Geschäftsbereichs vorgenommen und der Weg zum internationalen Technologie- und Lösungsanbieter gemeinsam fortgesetzt werden."

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