Okada Aiyon, a maker of demolition attachments such as crushers and shears, bought the demolition machinery sales, repair and rental business of the TT&E group of Illinois, founded in 1969. The business had about ¥2 billion in recent annual sales. Okada America set up a new company to take it over. The deal The seller was Thoesen Tractor & Equipment and two other TT&E group companies. Okada Aiyon bought the business itself, not the companies' shares. Okada's US sales arm, Okada America, was set up in 2002 to sell its attachments such as crushers, steel shears, grapples and magnets.
