Apr 4 2006
Bodycote Testing Group has announced the acquisition of the Warringtonfire Group of companies located on three sites/offices in the UK and global sites/offices in Belgium, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Dubai and Australia.
In making this announcement we extend a warm welcome to the management and staff of Warringtonfire into the rapidly expanding Bodycote Testing organisation.
The new division will trade as “Bodycote Warringtonfire”.
Bodycote Warringtonfire will be integrated into the “Materials Testing and Engineering & Technology” division.
Tim Cornes (Business Development Manager) will assume a role alongside the two main Directors Geoff Deakin and Ralph Shaw.
He will focus on Business Development and manage the “integration” of the Warringtonfire businesses into the Testing Group. He will gradually take over the “day to day” management function from Ralph Shaw (who will be retained on a one-year contract and Geoff Deakin (retained on a three-year contract)
A strong management structure will be built up over the three-year period such that the eventual departure of the present owners is not detrimental to the operation of the businesses.
In acquiring the Global Warringtonfire businesses, Bodycote has taken a significant step forward in expanding its Global interests.
The range of services provided by Warringtonfire includes:
- Consulting services embrace fire safety engineering design.
- Fire testing services comprise fire tests to a large number of national & international standards.
- Architectural product testing services include comprehensive mechanical and environmental testing of components of building hardware, especially doors, windows and related components.
- Inspecting services evaluate conformity of installed fire protection products or systems, as well as assessing the adequacy of fire protection in accordance with regulatory requirements or the level of risk.
- Certifying products, contractors and completed projects is undertaken through CERTFIRE and FIRAS schemes and at a European level is provided in support of CE markings against various EU Directives.
It represents a unique opportunity for Bodycote to enter a relatively new sector of testing activity, whilst complementing similar activities in our North American operations. The company is market dominant in the UK, and its overseas subsidiaries offer opportunities for strong sector development in Europe, the Middle East and Australia centred on regulatory driven demand and growth in the concept of fire engineering, pioneered to a large extent by Warringtonfire.
There are also significant technical and geographic synergies with a number of existing markets supported by Bodycote.
http://www.warringtonfire.net and http://mt.bodycote.com