Tavares, Fla.—With its purchase of SuperCut, Accu-Cut/Brockie International, one of the flooring industry’s largest cutting equipment manufacturers, has just gotten bigger. “We see the purchase of SuperCut as an opportunity to increase our customer base and strengthen our presence with organizations such as Carpet One,” said Scott Brockie, CEO of Brockie International. “We also look forward to providing SuperCut owners with the benefits of our service and technical support capabilities. “SuperCut was the original company in the retail cutting machine industry and developed a loyal customer base over the past 15 years,” he explained. “Our goal is to maintain the loyalty of the SuperCut owner through our service and the exclusive features found on our Accu-Cut line of cutting machines.”

Mark Young, CEO of Central City, Ky.-based SuperCut, said of the transaction, “The time was right to sell SuperCut to Accu-Cut. Our customers are now in the hands of a very capable and successful company. I feel confident they will be pleased with the service provided by Accu-Cut.” According to Mike Herschelman, Accu-Cut’s vice president, the main purpose of the acquisition was to “get SuperCut’s customer base. We also wanted to en hance Accu-Cut’s leading position within the industry.” None of SuperCut’s personnel will be coming to Accu-Cut in the transaction. He added the purchase does not include any facilities or equipment, and Accu-Cut would not be taking on SuperCut’s manufacturing capabilities. “The reason for this is, in the past few years at Accu-Cut, we have doubled our capabilities and are in a great position to not only continue to serve our customers at the highest levels but now we will be able to do the same for SuperCut’s customers. “We expect to see a 25% increase in business within the next year as a result of this deal,” Herschelman concluded. For more information call 800/527-7057. —Louis Iannaco