Originally Posted By: chad8
Originally Posted By: stephen9666
Originally Posted By: HerrStig
Fram, buys Champion Filters?
Originally Posted By: dishdude
Fram owns Champion.
It's actually not so simple as "Fram owns Champion."
Both Fram and Champ Labs have been purchased separately by a company called the Rank Group based in New Zealand.
http://www.rankgroup.co.nz/
Here's a press release from 2011 when the Rank Group agreed to buy Fram. It says in the release that the Rank Group was already in the process of buying Champ Labs at that time.
http://www.aftermarketnews.com/Item/8374...50_million.aspx
Yes , it is that simple . Check out Fram Filtration.They are now fully integrated.
http://www.champlabs.com/
You may need to look a little more closely at what was posted above. I'm simply pointing out that Fram did not buy Champ Labs, which some people here incorrectly believe because the new company formed by the Rank Group is named Fram Filtration.
The two companies are integrated, I never said they weren't. They're being combined because they were both bought by the Rank Group. Read the link I posted. Fram did not buy Champ Labs as a member claimed above, which is what I was disputing. The Rank Group bought both Champ Labs and Fram and is combining them.
The Rank Group bought Honeywell's consumber products group, which included FRAM filters, Prestone antifreeze, Autolite spark plugs and some other stuff.
The Rank Group also bought UCI International, parent of Airtex Products, ASC Industries and Champion Laboratories.
The Rank Group then combined all of them into the UCI Fram Group:
http://www.ucinc.com/index.html
It appears the Rank Group is combining all the filtration assets under the Fram name. I can only assume that is because it's a more recognizable name the Champ Labs.