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Shop-Vac rebounds in Pa. under Chinese ownership after near-death experience

Naysayers feared the worst when Chinese buyers acquired Shop-Vac last year. But the company's new American managers plan to keep operations in Williamsport, Pa.

Sandy Fox assembles a Shop-Vac vacuum cleaner on the company's assembly line in Williamsport, Pa. Shop-Vac was left for dead a year ago by its previous owner, but it got picked up by GreatStar Tools USA, owned by a big Chinese tool maker. GreatStar has gotten Shop-Vac back up and operating in Pennsylvania under American management.
Sandy Fox assembles a Shop-Vac vacuum cleaner on the company's assembly line in Williamsport, Pa. Shop-Vac was left for dead a year ago by its previous owner, but it got picked up by GreatStar Tools USA, owned by a big Chinese tool maker. GreatStar has gotten Shop-Vac back up and operating in Pennsylvania under American management.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer