General All-Purpose Plastics (GAP), the Lancashire based manufacturer, stockist and distributor of PVC-U roofline, doors and windows, has announced the acquisition of SIG Building Plastics and SIG Windows from SIG UK Exteriors.
The deal reportedly includes 66 depots and business units plus the staff and the sales and marketing teams that support them directly.
SIG Building Plastics and SIG Windows are made up of four specialist areas of drainage, sheet materials, windows and roofline. They include Scotplas, Omnico, CFS, PBM-DQS, Summers, Armour, Roplas, Toogood, Drainex, Plastics Pipe Supplies and Project Plastics. SIG’s Formerton sheet sales and specialised fixings businesses are also included in the deal. Ownership of all the brand names and trading styles transfers to GAP.
Launched 24 years ago by co-founders Simon Bird and Charles Greensmith, GAP services 31,000 customers nationwide – including several of the UK’s national and regional house builders, maintenance contractors and housing associations – through two factories and a 46 depot network; which is said to have been expanding at the rate of one new facility per month.
GAP co-founder, Simon Bird, said: “Charles and I set out to build a business based on passion and people, and we remind ourselves every day that we owe our success to hiring and retaining amazing staff. Anyone who takes pride in putting customers at the centre of their working day and who thrives in a friendly, supportive, lively and fun environment, will enjoy being part of the growing GAP family.”
GAP’s group sales and marketing director, Paul Sowerby, added: “From the first meeting with SIG we saw a well-organised, profitable business and a focus on supporting local tradesmen with the best quality products at the keenest possible prices. Their network of busy depots is particularly strong in the South of England and so provides us with reach but limited overlap with our own existing network. It all makes for a perfect fit.”
SIG UK Exteriors managing director, Andrew Wakelin, said: “The business environment is highly competitive and constantly changing. This means companies need to be agile, flexible and responsive to the needs of customers. This move is a positive affirmation of those principles and absolutely in line with our commitment to the development and success of our business. We’re confident that the Building Plastics and Windows product ranges have found a good home within GAP.”
