Memphis, Tenn.-based Sunshine Enterprise, an importer of Chinese-made scaffolding and hoists, last week said it plans to expand its product offering in North America and to sell equipment in Europe as well.

Founded by Chinese entrepreneur Wei Chen in 1998, the company says it has 15 to 20 percent of the $300 to $400 million North American scaffolding market, and earlier this year entered the American hoist market by importing Chinese units from Baoda Engineering Machinery Co Ltd.

The company says it plans to sell many of the same products it markets in North America to Europe, including scaffolding, hoists and swing stages, which are the latest additions to the product line up, with 10 Chinese-made platforms being imported to the U.S. next month for rental and sales.

Sunshine Enterprise operates a number of companies in the U.S. including StepUp Scaffold, which imports and distributes scaffolding; StepUp Caster, a seller of scaffold casters; StepHigh Access, its Atlanta-based rental division; and SBU Hoists, which is the Baoda distributor for North America.