Yorkshire group makes North West acquisition
YORKSHIRE company Ardeth Group has bought Gage Engineering, a pipework and structural steel supplier based in Ellesmere Port.
Gage employs around 40 people manufacturing pipework and structural steelwork for the food, chemical and petrochemical industries.
The firm also has extensive experience in making ladders, platforms and staircases and in plant and machinery installation.
Clients include divisions of Unilever and Shell, which outsource parts of their internal pipework requirements.
Established in 1974, Ardeth is based in Elland, West Yorkshire and is one of the UK’s leading multidisciplinary engineering companies with an extensive blue-chip client base across a wide range of industries. It produces pressure vessels, pipework and plastic equipment.
Vanguard Corporate Finance and law firm DWF advised the vendors Tony Roylance and Ray Evans, who founded Gage in 1988.
The DWF team was led by partner Kieran Donovan and included solicitor Kyle Quinn, both from the Liverpool corporate team, and real estate lawyer Christopher Morris.
Kieran Donovan said: “Tony Roylance and Ray Evans have built a successful business with a skilled workforce and a reputation for quality. The sale will allow them to step down while safeguarding the future of the business.”
