Our Story
“ZI-TEC” is one of the business units of the Zuellig Industrial Group, which was established in Thailand in 1949. Today we look back to over 70 years of experience of importing and distributing a wide range of industrial products. Our customers trust ZI-TEC because of the high quality of its products and services, as well as its ability to meet business needs.
Professional Tools, as one of the ZI-TEC businesses, imports and distributes a variety of power tools, hand tools, and consumables/accessories for the use in a variety of businesses and industries, including aerospace, automotive, petrochemical, construction, and DIY. The products are sourced from top-tier manufacturers in countries such as Germany, the United States, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and Russia.
With over 30 years of experience, our trained sales and service teams are ready to offer advice on the usage of tools and after-sales service to meet your needs.
About Kyocera
KYOTO, JAPAN ― January 10, 2018 ― Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto) today announced that it has acquired 80% of shares in Kyocera Industrial Tools Corporation, an enterprise established from the company split of Ryobi Limited’s (President: Akira Urakami) power tool business under a share transfer agreement as of October 31. Through the acquisition, Kyocera aims to promote diversification and further expansion of its industrial tools business.
Kyocera has continually been expanding sales in its cutting tool business on a global basis as one of the leading companies in the field after having entered the market more than 40 years ago. Kyocera has been focusing its efforts on diversifying and expanding sales of products from its core of indexable tools to solid carbide tools, woodworking tools, as well as power and pneumatic tools for the construction industry.
Objective
1. Full-scale entry into power tools market aiming for business expansion
The power and pneumatic tools business is expected to grow continuously from its current global market size of approximately 3 trillion yen. So far, Kyocera has strengthened its power tool business in the U.S. and European markets through targeted acquisitions including the Unimerco Group in Europe (now KYOCERA UNIMERCO A/S) in 2011, and SENCO Holdings, Inc. in August of last year (now KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools, Inc.). By acquiring the power tool business from Ryobi, which has a strong market position in Japan, Asia and Africa*1 encompassing a wide range of products with highly advanced technologies, Kyocera aims to take advantage of synergies with its relevant group companies in order to expand sales globally.
2. Product development and engineering utilizing Kyocera and Ryobi expertise
Kyocera aims to enhance product capabilities by not only using the expertise in product development and engineering possessed by Kyocera and Ryobi, but also by incorporating various kinds of components including power devices into its power tools. In addition, Kyocera aims to develop new products which enable productivity improvements through the utilization of Kyocera’s IoT and related technologies.
About Kyocera
KYOTO, JAPAN ― January 10, 2018 ― Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo Tanimoto) today announced that it has acquired 80% of shares in Kyocera Industrial Tools Corporation, an enterprise established from the company split of Ryobi Limited’s (President: Akira Urakami) power tool business under a share transfer agreement as of October 31. Through the acquisition, Kyocera aims to promote diversification and further expansion of its industrial tools business.
Kyocera has continually been expanding sales in its cutting tool business on a global basis as one of the leading companies in the field after having entered the market more than 40 years ago. Kyocera has been focusing its efforts on diversifying and expanding sales of products from its core of indexable tools to solid carbide tools, woodworking tools, as well as power and pneumatic tools for the construction industry.
Objective
1. Full-scale entry into power tools market aiming for business expansion
The power and pneumatic tools business is expected to grow continuously from its current global market size of approximately 3 trillion yen. So far, Kyocera has strengthened its power tool business in the U.S. and European markets through targeted acquisitions including the Unimerco Group in Europe (now KYOCERA UNIMERCO A/S) in 2011, and SENCO Holdings, Inc. in August of last year (now KYOCERA SENCO Industrial Tools, Inc.). By acquiring the power tool business from Ryobi, which has a strong market position in Japan, Asia and Africa*1 encompassing a wide range of products with highly advanced technologies, Kyocera aims to take advantage of synergies with its relevant group companies in order to expand sales globally.
2. Product development and engineering utilizing Kyocera and Ryobi expertis
Kyocera aims to enhance product capabilities by not only using the expertise in product development and engineering possessed by Kyocera and Ryobi, but also by incorporating various kinds of components including power devices into its power tools. In addition, Kyocera aims to develop new products which enable productivity improvements through the utilization of Kyocera’s IoT and related technologies.
