Paesold - what's the deal?

Hofner makes Hofner and Paesold at its facility in Hagenau, Germany.
Hofner went back to private family ownership in 2004.
Since then, Hofner has been distributed in the USA by CMI, out of the Chicago area.
From then until recently, Paesold was distributed in the USA by Eastman.
Paesold is now distributed in the USA by CMI.