Metabo had nothing to do Hitachi, or with metabo HTP.
A few years ago (edit a decade ago lol) both companies got bought by the same private equality firm, and that firm is using metabo's name and reputation to sell the hitachi cordless tools they bought and rebadged.
Hitachi Power Tools acquired Metabo in 2015.
KKR, an investment firm, purchased Hitachi Power Tools and Metabo in 2017.
Hitachi Power Tools changed their name to Metabo HPT in 2018. After this happened, Metabo issued a statement saying this doesn’t affect them at all.
So, Hitachi Tools has been Metabo HPT for nearly 4 years now.
A reader recently left a comment to one of the name-change posts:
Hitachi’s name change was necessary. As KKR acquired Hitachi Koki from the Hitachi company in 2017, their continued use of the brand name was governed by a licensing agreement.
Under a licensing agreement, Hitachi – and not Hitachi Power Tools – would have final say on the tools and products that could bear their name. Long-term, this could only hamper things. So, a name-change allowed for freedoms outside of external limitations and controls.
Overseas, Hitachi Koki became known as HiKoki. Here in the United States, they became Metabo HPT.
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