Clesse Acquired by Aalberts
Lpg and water product manufacturer, Comap
S.A., which is based in France, is in the process of being sold
to Dutch manufacturer, Aalberts Industries Group.
Legris Industries S.A, the current owner of Comap, is finalising
the details subject to EU legislation, which should be complete
in the first quarter of 2006.
With existing interests in flow
control and the industrial services sector within Europe, both
in water and gas, Aalberts Industries
has indicated that this is “a long term strategy to strengthen
the group’s position in the flow control sector”,
with the takeover “creating a unique European network” of
companies, which includes Comap’s lpg division, Clesse
(UK) Ltd, and manufacturers, Clesse and Novacomet.
Aalberts, which
already has interests in Europe with natural gas equipment, has
stated its intention to “extend the
reach of its total gas activities and acquire an even stronger
position as a gas specialist”. Sales and marketing manager
for Clesse (UK) Ltd, Kaz Dziamarski, who has recently taken responsibility
for the UK operation, believes
this is a positive move for the company and in line with the
direction the UK operation is taking: “Things are much
the same and business is as usual with our extensive range of
products, together with large stocks based in the Midlands for
our UK and Irish customers.
"Since myself and operations manager,
Alan Cox, took over in the summer, our priority has been to look
at all aspects of the business
to ensure our customers get good consistent service and the recognisable
quality of equipment they have come to expect. We have been working
very hard on further extending our range of equipment, particularly
in the bulk tank sector to be rolled out in the spring, together
with facelifts for some of our popular items in the cylinder
and leisure regulator sector.
"The change in ownership will, I’m
sure, be one way to ensure we have a dynamic European lpg equipment
business by strengthening
our existing sales, marketing, development and manufacturing
businesses within Europe,” he said.
Contact Clesse (UK)
Ltd on 01902 383233
www.clesse.co.uk
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