From my conversations with multiple people at Rupes, these recent long throw machines are not hurting their market share much, if any. Mainly because Rupes primary target market isn`t Detailers. It`s the Paint & Body Shop industry. In fact, their sales has gained traction tremendously in the last few years and continues to do so at a very rapid pace. The people selling other long throw machines are not very strong (pretty much non-existent) in this market and it will really take quite a bit of organization by a really large player to threaten things. Not saying it couldn`t happen, but perhaps not that quickly. Sure, one of these companies could knock on a couple doors, but do they really have the support structure in place that the Body Shop industry demands?
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