Air filtration experts D & E Filtration Services are increasing their position as market leaders in the industry with the acquisition of a filter manufacturing company in Leicestershire.
In a deal signed and sealed on 8th November after a lengthy planning process, Standard Air was acquired by D & E to consolidate the strengths of the two complementary businesses.
D&E Filtration Services has a reputation for conducting cost-saving air conditioning cleaning and maintenance contracts nationwide. The new expansion means their customers’ replacement filter requirements can now be largely fulfilled in-house, leading to greater efficiency and further cost savings passed on to their customers.
Standard Air has been supplying filters to D&E and their customers for many years. Ratifying the arrangement through the buy-out ensures Standard Air will gain from the improved management structures and business impetus of its new owners.
Sales Director Mark Bamforth will be responsible for running the new division and the continuing development of the D&E Filtration Services brand as a manufacturer and supplier in new markets.
“While we plan to continue to allow Standard Air to continue to run in its own right, as a sister company to D & E Filtration Services it will strengthen the position of both businesses”, he explains. “It will enable us to increase our competitive edge and develop our expertise in the field of air filtration with our own manufacturing division to complement the established maintenance, cleaning and service work.”
Graham Cameron, who established Standard Air twenty years ago, will remain in the business working alongside the new team at the helm.
He commented “We’re looking forward to formalising our long-standing relationship with D & E Filtration Services and to their partnership in the growth it will generate.”