Clearwater has advised the shareholders of building product and servicing firm Gledhill on the sale to €1bn-turnover Groupe Atlantic.
With a nationwide customer base supplied by a network of manufacturing/distribution depots, Blackpool-based Gledhill is the largest privately owned hot water cylinder manufacturer in the UK and has been in business since the Second World War. The business operates under a number of trading names including Gledhill Building Products, Gledhill Response and Gledhill Spare Parts.
Groupe Atlantic, a major European player in the fields of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, has been looking for a route into the UK hot water tank industry for a number of years and this acquisition offers the perfect entrance. The deal with Gledhill follows the purchase of Ideal Boilers at the beginning of 2015. The combination of these two transactions allows Groupe Atlantic to package a single boiler and hot water cylinder solution.
All the present board members, including the family, will continue in management roles and are committed to the on-going success of Gledhill.
