Set up by Michael McHale Snr over half a century ago, the McHale Plant Sales company, still in family hands, has grown to become one of Ireland’s leading construction equipment distributors with sales of €83 million last year. A turning point came in 1994 when “the nature and character of [the] company was transformed” when it became the distributor in Ireland for the Japanese multinational equipment manufacturer Komatsu. Now, a new turning point has been reached. The company has been acquired by the Japanese multinational. On Tuesday, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) notified the merger on its website, outlining…

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