£247m turnover manufacturer sitting pretty with commercial furniture firm deal

Flokk, a European manufacturer of office seating products, has acquired Huddersfield-headquartered Connection Seating Ltd.

The deal expand’s Flokk’s footprint in the strategically important UK market and underpins its international growth strategy.

Lars Røiri, CEO of Flokk, said: “Having Connection join the Flokk group moves us into the major league of Europe’s second-largest office seating market.

“We roughly double our size to about 30m Euros in the key UK market. The transaction is another example of Flokk continuing to consolidate the fragmented European office seating market through targeted and value-creating acquisitions of attractive companies and brands.

“Connection has a strong position within collaborative furniture, including rooms and booths, and excellent channels to designers and architects in the project market, complementing our offering and underlining our position as a total seating solutions provider.

“The acquisition also gives us a manufacturing presence in the UK, and we see substantial commercial synergies and mutual benefits from Connection joining our group.”

Through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, Flokk has been transformed from a Scandinavian player to the European market leader within office seating.

It also has a strong foothold in the US market and annual revenues of more than 300m Euros.

Founded in 1997, Connection also has showrooms in Manchester and London as well as its Huddersfield HQ.

Kelvin Bromley, managing director of Connection, said: “We’re excited to join the Flokk group, and I see great potential for the Connection brand and our employees in this setting, as it will give us a strong operational and financial platform on which to base future growth.”