As many of our readers are aware, Amerang and Modelzone sadly went into administration recently. Nick Moss, Managing Director of Ripmax announced that his company – UMC Ltd (the owners of Ripmax) – had purchased Amerang on Monday 15 July. He said that although a considerable amount of work is still to be done and certain rationalisation is required, Amerang will begin trading again very shortly. Amerang’s stock is being consolidated centrally to Ripmax’s extensive Enfield warehouses where trade customer despatches will be made. The long-term plan is to merge the two companies and operate from Ripmax’s Enfield HQ, while retaining an Amerang sales office in Sussex.
This is a very exciting development for Ripmax as it will enable the company to move into new areas of the market and build on Amerang’s strength in die cast, licensed film, TV and comic collectables plus plastic kits as well as their impressive range of radio control items. Of course, Ripmax products will now be available to Amerang customers and Amerang products to Ripmax customers offering huge growth potential.
Ripmax aim to minimise the inevitable disruption this change brings to ensure that Amerang products are still available from your local model shops and other outlets.

Source: Ripmax