After over 40 years of business, American Model Builders Inc. has announced their closure via their website.
A statement posted to laserkit.com reads: “American Model Builders is now closed and the LASERkit product line has been discontinued.
The family of the late John Hitzeman, founder and owner, and the extended AMB family, would like to thank the model railroad community and our contract customers for over 40 years of patronage!”
The St. Louis, Missouri-based manufacturer, best known for their Laserkit product line, which included offerings in HO, N, S and O scale, had initially opened in 1984.
Even if you don’t want to run the business anymore and you’re disinclined to sell for whatever reasons(perhaps tax related), at least put all the specs for your products online for others to download and use on their own at no expense. It doesn’t hurt the business since you’re closing it anyways…some people have no vision.
I wonder why they didn’t sell off to Micro Mark or another company that makes wood laser kits?
Another one gone… that stinks… 🙁
That’s sad, I wish someone could have been allowed to keep the company running that way we can have laser cut buildings for our model railroads.
So sad. 😞