Stiles Machinery announced that six brands from the Homag Group — Brandt, Butfering, Friz, Holzma, Homag Automation and Weeke — will come together under the Homag brand.

“The trusted Homag name will now proudly be attached to the industry’s most innovative panel saws, a wider range of CNC machining centers, a complete line of edgebanders, high-performance profile wrappers, efficiency-increasing automation technology, and powerful wide belt sanders,” the distributor said in a statement.

“This new united strategy combines the development teams into one united unit, enabling Homag to bring new, innovating solutions to the market much faster. The synergy created will allow the world’s leading machinery manufacturer to push invention and improvements better than ever before.

“Stiles Machinery is proud to support Homag in this new approach. As the trusted partner of thousands of manufacturers across North America, Stiles will continue to provide best-in-class equipment and software, consulting, education, service and support that will empower our customers to get the most value from their investments.”

Stiles customers can expect to see the new lines of Homag machinery at AWFS 2017.

For more, visit booth AWFS No. 7411 and www.stilesmachinery.com.