11/09/2006 - THE COMPLETE TIMBER BUILDING SOLUTION - PALGRAVE BROWN ADDS KINGSPAN TO ITS RANGE
Palgrave Brown, the leading
engineered timber specialist
and suppliers of the complete
set of timber components for
house builders, has expanded
its range with the introduction
of Kingspan TEK Building Systems.
One of the first customers was
Wiltshire based, K C Property
Developments. There was a tight
lead-time on the development
and because Palgrave Brown was
able to supply the complete
timber components, it made the
build far quicker and simpler.
The project includes virtually
the complete suite of products
from Palgrave Brown as well
as the Kingspan TEK panels,
internal load bearing and non
load bearing timber frame panels,
i-Level Trus Joist™ Silent Floor
® system, Puhos Weatherdek 2
chipboard flooring system and
a Mitek trussed rafter system.
Graham Collins, director, at
K C Property Developments, said,
“This was the first time I had
worked with Palgrave Brown and
I can’t fault the service they
provide. From first contact
to completion we have worked
extremely well together and
all our supply needs were met
very quickly. The service provided
with the use of many of its
product suite was especially
straight forward with the single
point of contact for all products
making the build and product
supply very simple.”
When using Kingspan TEK building
systems, a registered contractor,
approved by Kingspan is needed to
install the panels. Following
recommendation from the contractor,
K C Property Developments sent
through a set of build plans
to Palgrave Brown who arranged
to supply the panels.
Garry Dyke, national product
manager (Kingspan TEK and I-beams)
said, “Supplying the panels
for the first time, designing
and engineering them to match
the requirements of the build
went extremely well. Kingspan
TEK building systems fits perfectly
into the Palgrave Brown portfolio
of products, allowing our customers
to purchase all their timber
requirements, from the structural
Kingspan TEK panels to internal
MDF Silktrim mouldings from
one point of contact.” Mr Collins
continued, “For this particular
build we wanted to do something
a little bit different and Kingspan
TEK allowed us to do that. It
is a highly innovative product
plus it is extremely quick to
build. Palgrave Brown supplied
the panels within a very short
lead time, our build span was
just ten weeks from order with
three weeks from supply through
to completion of the main timber
frame, roofing system and internal
stud work.”
The panels are being supplied
to create two, two bedroom flats
in Corsham, Wiltshire, on an
11 metre by 27-metre site. Built
in consistency with the design
of the local area, K C Development
chose the Kingspan TEK building
system for its versatility and
energy saving ability.
29/06/2006 - PALGRAVE BROWN EXPERTISE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
Palgrave Brown, the £62 million
leading engineered timber specialist
has won its largest ever, single
site contract to provide roof
trusses, TJI beams and staircases,
for The Hamptons, a prestigious
new housing development at Worcester
Park Surrey.
Half an hour’s drive from the
centre of London, 2005’s Housebuilder
of the Year developer, the St
James Group, is transforming
the 60-acre former Worcester
Park Sewage Treatment Works
into a mixed development that
includes 30 acres of grassland
and wildlife habitats, alongside
housing and community, business
centre and leisure facilities.
The 480 homes are being built
within a carefully designed
parkland setting to a high specification,
using materials and techniques
that meet St James’ criteria
for sustainable development
by making the most efficient
use of natural resources. Through
strong partnership relationships
with local authorities and housing
associations, St James Homes
is also recognised as being
at the forefront of the industry
in terms of policies on transport,
energy, waste, ecology and landscape.
Palgrave Brown also have a strong
environmental / sustainability
policy and were able to offer
PEFC and FSC certification on
products supplied in line with
government requirements for
EcoHomes and a proven background
on prestigious house builds
plus design and manufacture
excellence centres.
For phase two of the development,
Palgrave Brown was initially
selected to provide the roof
trusses for the 133 town houses
and flats but the extensive
range of products and technical
knowledge shown were later selected
to supply TJI joists and high
specification staircases.
Les Smithers, sales manager
for the southern region said,
“We developed an excellent relationship
with the St James Group team
and it was a privilege to be
involved in such a prestigious
project, particularly to assist
in the design of mansard roofs,
which are not commonly seen.
Partnering has undoubtedly been
the key to this project not
only within our own company
but also within the St. James
Group where our relationship
with its team has flourished.”
The 133 town houses and flats,
is designed in both traditional
build and in a New England Shaker
style with Mansard roofs and
weather-boarded exterior cladding.
Mansard roofs were named after
the French architect François
Mansart (1598 – 1666) and can
be found in many French styles
including second Empire and
Romanesque. The Mansard roof
style has two slopes, the lower
almost vertical to allow extra
roof space for the attic rooms.
The lower roof can have a straight,
convex or concave shape.
The Hamptons include one and
two bedroom apartments and four
to six bedroom houses with prices
ranging from £305,000 for an
apartment - £380,000 for a four-bedroom
house. For more information
on Palgrave Brown visit www.palgravebrown.co.uk.
For information on The Hamptons,
and St James Group visit
www.stjameshomes.co.uk.
The Mansard roofs allow for
additional attic space
in the elegantly designed Shaker
style houses
on The Hamptons development
at Worcester Park, Surrey.
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02/06/2006 - INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSURANCE WITH PALGRAVE BROWN
Palgrave Brown, the £62 million
engineered timber specialist,
has been awarded Programme for
the Endorsement of Forest Certification
schemes (PEFC) across all branches
for its TJI flooring systems
and Weatherdek flooring.
In addition to PEFC on flooring
systems, Allan Brothers, part
of the Palgrave Brown Group,
has also been awarded Forest
Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain
of Custody (CoC) on its range
of high performance timber windows.
Both PEFC and FSC CoC ensures
that Palgrave Brown and Allan
Brothers customers can gain
extra EcoHomes credits by using
these products.
These latest awards come alongside
existing certification of PEFC
for roof trusses and Posi-Joists
and FSC certification for Silktrim
MDF mouldings.
Tony Walton, group purchasing
director at Palgrave Brown,
said, “As a company we have
a very strong environmental
and sustainability policy and
it is our intention to continue
these certification processes,
it is expected that CoC certification
on all of our timber will be
realised in the near future.
Through this, we aim to keep
our customers ahead in the sustainability
stakes and ensure that we can
keep them aware of the many
Building Regulations that are
continually being updated. FSC
and PEFC certification forms
of identification on our products
also mean verification for the
customers could not be easier.”
PEFC certification assures customers
that Palgrave Brown’s TJI flooring
systems and Weatherdek flooring
originate from sustainably managed
forests. FSC CoC certification
also guarantees that Allan Brothers
windows use wood that comes
from FSC certified forests and
CoC ensures that the timber
used can be tracked through
every stage in the supply chain
from the forest to the final user.
The PEFC Council, established
in 1999, accounts for over 57
million hectares of certified
forests, producing millions
of tonnes of certified timber
to the market place, making
PEFC the world’s largest certification
scheme.
For more information on Palgrave
Brown’s TJI flooring system,
roof trusses, Posi-Joists, Silktrim
mdf mouldings, staircases or
doors please visit www.palgravebrown.co.uk.
For more information on Allan
Brother’s timber windows visit
www.allanbrothers.co.uk. For
more information on PEFC visit
www.pefc.org and for more information
on FSC visit www.fsc.org
TJI Flooring from Palgrave Brown
now has full PEFC certification
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Rebecca Wyatt or Susannah Wright,
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02/06/2006 - PALGRAVE BROWN OPENS UP CHOICES IN DOORS
Palgrave Brown, the £62million
engineered timber specialist,
has expanded its high performance
range of external doors to provide
over 500 different options and
combinations, all contained
in a new full colour brochure.
Joining the established line-up
of the robust Scotdoor and Timedor
timber doors are 12 new designs
within the Timedor collection
plus the introduction of the
GRP range which offers state
of the art, fully finished fibreglass
door systems.
The Timedor models are a 44mm
blank, and can now introduce
new routered designs that were
previously only available within
the 60mm Scotdoor range. Developed
to meet market demand, the 12
new Timedor routered models
are available in bespoke sizes
and, like all Palgrave Brown
doors, will be scaled to fit
different sizes so the integrity
of the design proportions is
not affected. Competitively
priced, the new routered designs
include two solid door options
and a variety of glazing configurations
to appeal to all types of property
designs.
The new GRP range offers advanced
performance and low maintenance
in a range of fully finished
composite door sets, including
frames, handles, letter plates,
locks and thresholds. Each door
has a wood grained effect finish,
but actually has a 2mm thick
thermoset resin GRP skin with
a through colour for low maintenance
eliminating the need for re-coating
with a longer lasting colour.
Hard wearing, the GRP doors
also have a high thermal efficiency,
with a 100% CFC-free polyurethane
insulating core. The technology
used is the most environmentally
friendly system available providing
an ODP score of zero and a GWP
score of less than five.
Within the Palgrave Brown Doors
range, there’s a wide choice
of styles and glazing options.
The colour choice options for
timber doors include red, blue,
white, green or in stains of
mahogany, light oak or teak,
while the GRP range also includes
a solid black finish.
All Palgrave Brown doors meet
PAS 23/24 requirements, Secured
by Design standards and are
Parts M and L compliant, meeting
the latest Building Regulations
requirements. There are also
performance guarantees of up
to 10 years, against glazing
system failure, manufacturing
defects, coatings warranty and
ironmongery. With an environmentally
friendly policy all the softwood
and hardwood used in both Scotdoor
and Timedor products comes from
sustainable timber sources,
which also helps in gaining
EcoHomes credits.
For more information call 01977
518 547 or to download the brochure
visit downloads.php (Doors Brochure
2006).
One of the many options of door
styles from Palgrave Brown Doors
For further information contact
Rebecca Wyatt or Susannah Wright,
Omnia PR The Saxon Centre,
Christchurch,
Dorset BH23 1PZ Tel: 012025-490011
Fax: 01202 499687
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31/05/2006 - PALGRAVE BROWN'S
ASSIST IN SELF-SUPPORTING CYBER
SPACE
Palgrave Brown has supplied
the roof trusses for the self-supporting
roof of the Cyber Centre, a
landmark building at the heart
of a major redevelopment project
in London.
The £46 million, four-year redevelopment
project on the Beaumont Estate,
Leyton in the London Borough
of Waltham Forest, will create
attractive neighbourhoods, new
community facilities and a choice
of high quality accommodation
with 306 new build and 300 refurbished
homes. The scheme is also securing
employment and training opportunities
for local residents.
The contractors for the development
are JLP with Forest Homes that
is a subsidiary London and Quadrant
Housing Trust, PRP Architects,
EC Harris, engineering consultants,
Glanville Consulting and the
Tenants’ Association being key
partners in the transformation
of this community. At
its heart the Cyber Centre is
the prime feature of this development
and will provide full IT and
computer training facilities
for community use together with
new apartments on the first,
second and third floors.
The unusual circular design
of the upper floors of the Cyber
Centre assures its recognition
and landmark status within the
scheme. But, in addition
the roofing system is particularly
intricate as it is designed
to be entirely self-supporting
to facilitate a light well to
the upper floor accommodation.
Usually a roof design will involve
several roof trusses that span
the entire width of a building,
but Palgrave Brown were required
to provide the design for a
series of separate trusses that
connect to an integral ring
beam that supports the roof
without the need for any additional
internal support.
Chosen Project Partners for
the JCT 98 contract for the
redevelopment, and affordable
housing specialist, JLP knew
that meticulous design and across
the board communication would
be of paramount importance in
this development, so they approached
the UK’s leading £62 million
timber engineering company and
member of the Trussed Rafter
Association (TRA), Palgrave
Brown to provide a complete
range of timber products, excluding
staircases, for the ‘Cyber Centre’
building. Palgrave Brown
also had the added benefit of
being able to demonstrate PEFC
and FSC certification on many
of the supplied products.
The circular building has a
12.2 metre diameter and internally
is entirely constructed of timber
including internal load bearing
timber stud walls, roof trusses,
skirting and architraves, all
of which were supplied by Palgrave
Brown.
Steve Meacham, roof designer
at Palgrave Brown said: “This
project was highly technical
and because of the self supporting
nature of the build we had to
ensure that the trusses were
fully supported until all the
structural elements were securely
fitted to the Glulam Rings I
have never seen anything like
this design as far as the self-supporting
ideal. Taking into account
the complex nature of the build
and construction it was essential
that we worked closely with
all partners to achieve its
success.
Palgrave Brown also designed
the flooring system for the
centre. Alan Mirams, floor
designer at Palgrave Brown supplied
drawings and technical information
to both JLP and its engineering
company Glanville. “The
circular shape of the floor
created a ‘spoke wheel’ design
that required individually tailor-made
and measured truss-joists.
Each of the designed ‘spokes’
also required individually angled
connectors, designed and supplied
by Simpson Strong Tie.
The complex and intricate nature
of the design meant daily contact
was essential during the entire
build from the design to manufacture
and finally through to the fitting
stage,” explained Alan.
Each of the designed ‘spokes’
also required individually angled
connectors, designed and supplied
by Simpson Strong Tie.
The complex and intricate nature
of the design meant daily contact
was essential during the entire
build from the design to manufacture
and finally through to the fitting
stage,” explained Alan.
Paul Gulliver, senior development
manager at JLP said, “The
cyber centre is very much a
landmark part of the scheme
as it will be a community facility
for residents providing valuable
IT skills and development training.
In terms of build, the circular
and self-supporting ideal of
the building meant that it would
be particularly complex and
challenging. Palgrave
Brown’s expertise has been invaluable
in being able to realise the
ambitious design concept.
"The individual roof trusses
were lowered into position on
the Cyber Centre building”
Almost complete the trusses
form a complex skeleton within
the circular design
Editor’s notes
The Waltham Forest development
key partners are: -
JLP
Forest Homes
London & Quadrant
Housing Trust
PRP Architects
EC Harris
Tenants’ Association
The cyber centre is part of
phase one of the redevelopment
of Beaumont Estate, Leyton,
in the London Borough of Waltham
Forest and consists of new and
modernised homes: -
The 306 newly built homes include
one- and two-bedroom flats,
plus two-, three- and four-bedroom
houses. Ten of these are designed
for wheelchair users. All 95
are built to established Lifetime
Homes standards, ensuring that
they can be adapted to the needs
of individual residents.
300 homes being modernized:
- one-, two- and three-bedroom
maisonettes in 11 blocks, most
of them built in the 1960s.
Work to the stairwells and balconies
of 7 blocks, matching that of
the 4 blocks previously improved
by Waltham Forest Council. Homes
in all 11 blocks will receive
new kitchens, bathrooms, lavatories,
wiring, tiling and decoration
where necessary. Residents will
be able to select tiling, decorations
and kitchen finishes through
JLP's tenant liaison officer.
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Palgrave Brown, the UK’s £62
million leading engineered timber
specialist, is meeting growing
demand for open web flooring
systems with its latest investment
of £100,000 in two specialist
manufacturing sites within the
company’s 19 site national network.
Two new Mitek Posi Strut Runner
machines have now been installed
at Palgrave Brown’s Yeovil and
Widnes branches to boost the
existing production capacity.
The sales and design support
has also been strengthened as
part of this latest investment
phase with new Posi-Joist designers
at each site and a new sales
and central design office at
Nuneaton.
These recent advances represent phase two of a planned rapid development programme
for Palgrave Brown’s Posi-Joist
division, which started with
an investment in Yeovil in 2004,
establishing the company’s first
dedicated production site.
Customer demand for Posi-Joist has grown ahead of forecasts, as housebuilders
and developers benefit from
a two week lead time and totally
integrated flooring and roofing
solutions, saving time and hassle
on site, says Dave Atkins, Palgrave
Brown’s national product manager
for Posi-Joists.
“The addition of a flooring department within each of our roof truss operations
is proving invaluable as the
synergies are fantastic.
We use the same design software,
the same hardware, design and
estimating resource for both
product ranges.
The two manufacturing sites,
which can offer complete floor
and roof solutions that can
be sold, designed and delivered
from one location, will potentially
provide a cost saving to customers,
as well as guaranteeing excellent
service on time, every time.”
The Posi-Joist system is the
latest generation of flooring
systems within the building
industry and combines timber
and Posi Strut steel web that
allows for a span of far greater
distances while allowing a variety
of internal room layouts within
an external shell. The
open web design also provides
concealed piping for contractors,
without the need for sawing
gaps, as in traditional flooring
methods. The design, size
and flexibility of the Posi-Joist
system means that it can also
be used to span flat and pitched
roofs.
Palgrave Brown has the engineered
timber industry’s widest and
most comprehensive product portfolio,
including roof trusses, MDF
mouldings, stairs, doors and
Allan Brothers windows, as well
as being a Master Dealer for
the TJI Silent Floor System.
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07/04/2006 - RICH IN LOYALTY
AT PALGRAVE BROWN
Palgrave Brown, the leading
£62 million national timber
engineering company has been
rewarding the loyalty of its
staff and their services to
the company within its Pen Mill
Trading Estate, Yeovil branch.
With 19 branches across the
UK and over 800 members of staff,
Palgrave Brown, is a leading
national supplier of timber
products to the building industry.
The Yeovil branch has a 60 strong
number of employees and at a
recent ceremony, honoured two
members of the team with a 40-year
service award going to Mike
Sproston and a retirement award
for Robin Taylor.
A local Yeovil man, Mike Sproston
has been at the Yeovil site
for 40 years and has seen a
number of changes that have
happened over that time, from
starting out as Yeovil Timber,
to Hunter Timber, John Mansfield
and finally Palgrave Brown.
Mr Sproston said, “I started
out as a sales representative
for the company and was involved
in the early steady progress
of the business to the success
that the site enjoys today under
Palgrave Brown. I reallypoy
working with such a progressive
company and although the senior
years are upon me, it makes
me feel younger as the company
is constantly evolving and purchasing
new, up-to-the-minute technology
and machinery. There is
always something different happening.”
Despite formally retiring, Robin
Taylor from Wimborne decided
he didn’t quite want to leave
the ranks and now works at the
Yeovil branch on a part-time
consultancy basis. Mr
Taylor says, “Palgrave Brown
is a great place to work.
I have worked in the timber
/ truss business since the early
70’s and Palgrave Brown is an
extremely dynamic company.
I had the opportunity to stay
working on a consultancy basis
and just couldn’t turn it down,
even though it means spending
less time on my car kits and
on the motor racing circuits!”
Palgrave Brown’s Yeovil branch
has also recently extended its
expertise by moving into design
and manufacture of the Posi-Joist
flooring system. This
has seen an investment of approximately
£60,000 into the branch
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24/03/2006 - OVERALL SUCCESS
FOR PALGRAVE BROWN
Taylor Woodrow’s annual Supplier
Awards for 2006 announced the
UK’s leading £62 million timber
engineering company, Palgrave
Brown, as Overall Winner and
Best Performer in the Supplier/Merchant
category.
Taylor Woodrow first introduced
the awards in 2004. They
were originally designed to
reward and recognise those suppliers
who most enhance Taylor Woodrow’s
reputation and overall business
performance through greater
value, simplicity and reliability.
Andy Warren, key accounts manager
for Palgrave Brown (UK) Limited,
said, “We are delighted to have
been honoured with both Best
Supplier and Overall Winner
by Taylor Woodrow. With
19 sites, Palgrave Brown supplies
its entire product range nationwide
to Taylor Woodrow, which has
very rigorous, objective and
consistent performance indicators.
It is therefore an excellent
endorsement of our complete
‘on time, every time’ reputation
to be recognised in this way.”
Palgrave Brown was approached
by Taylor Woodrow and asked
to submit a written application
demonstrating how its services
and supply meet the criteria
required by Taylor Woodrow.
Andy Warren continued, “Each
aspect of the business across
the complete range of timber
was examined, from pricing,
lead times and distribution
patterns to innovation and quality.
It was an in-depth analysis
into the way we handle customer
orders. We had to show
exactly how we fitted into each
category and provide evidence
to support our claims.
The whole process was an excellent
way to really examine our procedures
and find better and more efficient
service to both Taylor Woodrow
and all of our other customers.”
Palgrave Brown was also congratulated
on its continuous improvement
and was particularly recognised
for the EcoHomes facility on
its website, which allows customers
to easily assess how they could
obtain EcoHomes credits through
the use of timber. Also
highlighted was its policy of
PEFC and FSC certification on
a number of its products.
For further information contact
:
Andy Warren, Group Key Accounts
Manager, Palgrave Brown Tel: 01283 829800 Fax: 01283 829846 Email:
a.warren@palgravebrown.co.uk
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24/03/2006 - PALGRAVE BROWN
PROVIDES A SOLID BASE FOR EDEN
EDUCATION
Environmental and sustainability
concerns were of prime importance
when Palgrave Brown was asked
to design the flooring systems
for the new £15 million education
centre at the Eden Project in
St Austell Cornwall. Funded
by the Millennium Commission
Lottery fund, and as part of
the ongoing development of this
project, the education centre,
named The Core, has taken two
years to construct and is the
first of its kind in the world.
The project is one of the top
five ‘paid-for’ visitor attractions
in the UK bringing in an additional
half a billion pounds into the
local and regional economy since
opening in 2001 and attracting
around 1.25 million visitors
a year. The Core is an
inspirational addition to the
project, offering new events,
exhibitions and a learning base.
The design of The Core is based
on Fibonacci spirals, a pattern
found in many natural forms
including seeds of a sunflower
head, pine cones and snail shells
and is a fundamental rule of
how plants grow. The exquisitely
designed and unusual, dome-shaped
building’s construction was
down to leading contractors,
McAlpine JV who then approached
the UK’s leading engineered
timber specialist, Palgrave
Brown, to design and manufacture
the flooring system for the
three-storey building.The Eden project aims to create
an organisation that works for
environmental, economic and
social health at a local through
to national and international
level. So, it was essential
that only environmentally sourced
timber be used in this primarily
timber construction. Palgrave
Brown was able to provide evidence
and FSC and PEFC certification
to demonstrate that all government
requirements for environmentally
sourced timber would be used
for the flooring system.
Palgrave Brown has been involved
with the project from the early
stages of planning and Martin
Hallam, designer and estimator
for Palgrave Brown, Bodmin branch
explained: “This is a
completely unique project, the
layout of the Education Centre
wasn’t exactly standard but
instead consisted of circular,
curved edges. From working
plans provided by McAlpine JV
and various site meetings we
realised that each Posi-floor
joist would need to be individual
and made to fit for each section
of the construction with the
added options of trimable ends
so that the joists could be
cut to size on site.”
The Posi-joists supplied to
McAlpine JV ranged in length
from 600mm to 4.8 metres and
once the design and manufacture
was complete, the Palgrave Brown
team worked in close partnership
with the McAlpine JV team to
answer any queries that arose
to ensure a smooth, successful
installation of the joists.
Mr Hallam continued; “It was
very exciting to be asked to
work on such a momentous
project. It was very
interesting while being
extremely complex and
challenging in design.
The final result, now all
the joists have been
supplied and construction is
complete, is far better than
I could have ever
anticipated.”
The Core, by its very nature, is a model of sustainability utilising
local suppliers and
sustainable materials.
It was therefore of
paramount importance that
both Palgrave Brown and
McAlpine JV worked closely
together to ensure that the
stringent requirements were
met, a partnership that was
highly successful.
John Richardson from
McAlpine JV said "Palgrave
Brown worked closely with
ourselves and our design
team in order to meet the
detailed and unusual
requirements specified by
the Eden project. The great
benefit for JV and Palgrave
Brown was the branch
locations - close to the
project and a very local
supplier."
Palgrave Brown has a national
network of branches around the
UK. However, for more
information on the range of
products and services call their
Head Office on 01254 833 500
or please visit:
www.palgravebrown.co.uk.
For MORE information contact
Rebecca Wyatt or Susannah Wright,
Omnia PR The Saxon Centre,
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24/03/2006 - FURTHER EXPANSION
AS PALGRAVE BROWN ACQUIRES SOUTH
RIBBLE TIMBER
Palgrave Brown, the UK’s leading
timber engineering company,
is on the expansion trail again
with the acquisition of the
South Ribble Timber business
from Carvers Building Supplies.
As part of its ongoing growth
strategy and because of the
synergy of products, Palgrave
Brown has bought the goodwill
and current stock at South Ribble
Timber for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition is set to boost
the company’s £62million turnover
by an additional £1.5million.
Alan Fillingham, timber trading
director at Palgrave Brown,
said: “This acquisition
is a win win for everyone concerned
and will mean that we can continue
to expand our business and customer
base. Previous customers
of South Ribble Timber can also
be confident of Palgrave Brown’s
high standards of service and
national support network while
being assured of continuity
throughout this acquisition
process.”
Palgrave Brown has a long established
reputation not only nationally
but also within the local Lancashire
area, the base for many of South
Ribble’s customers.
The South Ribble timber-manufacturing
site has been closed and customer
orders are now being fulfilled
from Palgrave Brown’s head office,
Brinscall, drawing on the resources
of the company’s 19 sites nationwide.
Ivan Savage, group sales director
at Carvers Building Supplies,
said, “South Ribble Timber is
an established business and
we’re pleased that it will be
in safe hands with Palgrave
Brown. Our customers, with whom
we have enjoyed a good
relationship, will continue
to get excellent service with
this highly reputable company.”
Palgrave Brown was formed in
1998, when the existing management
team acquired three timber-manufacturing
divisions from the Meyer Group.
The company has expanded rapidly
through acquisition and product
base expansion from sales of
£25million and 11 sites to its
present course for sales of
£65m, 17 sites and over 800
employees.
The company offers builders
and developers the engineered
timber industry’s widest and
most comprehensive product portfolio,
including trusses, MDF mouldings,
stairs, doors and Allan Brothers
windows, as well as being a
Master Dealer for the TJI Silent
Floor System.
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