Pictured above: Lisa Botterill
Leicestershire-based Chapco Group Limited has expanded its
portfolio of acquisitions after snapping up LAUK Lighting Ltd, for
an undisclosed sum.
Chapco is already a leading provider of facilities management,
telecomms, IT and project solutions. It has made four significant
acquisitions in the space of 18 months and now further expanded its
service offering with LAUK Lighting. The deal was backed by private
equity investor Next Wave Partners and overseen by Lisa Botterill,
an associate and corporate specialist at Midlands' law firm Harvey
Ingram.
LAUK will now be rebranded Chapco Lighting. The business is
regarded as one of the UK's leading independent distributors of
indoor and outdoor architectural lighting. The acquisition also
sees a number of key LAUK staff retained within Chapco
Lighting.
Chapco Group chief executive Richard Chapman says: "We are
really excited by the acquisition of LAUK. It not only adds to our
in-house capability, but is directly aligned to our facilities
management business."
Chapco Group chairman Alan Curtis says: "This acquisition
continues our goal of expanding our blue chip client base and
enlarging our in-house delivery capability, both through
acquisition and organic growth. I am looking forward to working
with our new colleagues".
Lisa Botterill says: "This strategic and sizeable deal will help
Chapco Group continue to cement its dominant position in an
extremely competitive market place. These deals typify the type of
work Harvey Ingram's corporate team excels at and we're delighted
to be an on-going part of Chapco's success story."
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