01.12.2014

Chippindale acquires Wilmslow

UK sales and general rental company Chippindale Plant has acquired Manchester-based rental company Wilmslow Plant for £2.7 million.

Established in 1946, Wilmslow provides a range of construction equipment, including telehandlers, from a single location in Stockport. The deal also includes the purchase of Wilmslow’s site accommodation division - AG Site Services - which will continue to trade under its existing name. Based in Carrington the division provides steel worksite units including temporary offices, kitchen/canteens, toilets and storage containers.

Wilmslow was previously owned by a Swedish company and traded as Lipac UK Ltd, before being purchased by Geoffrey Hanks and Robert Moreton, both of whom are now in their late 60s.

Chippindale said that it plans to make significant investments in both of the acquired businesses/depots, which will retain their nine employees, increasing Chippindale’s network to nine locations and more than 100 staff.

Joint managing director, Nigel Chippindale, said: “Acquiring Wilmslow is the perfect geographical match and the deal comes at the right time in our expansion programme. Their range of plant and equipment is a mirror image of our own and it will be a seamless fit.”
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(l-r) Joint managing directors Peter and Nigel Chippindale

Peter Chippindale, added: “We are very excited by the potential of AG. Offering worksite accommodation to our extensive customer base brings us new opportunities and broadens our range of services.”

Established in 1949 as a concrete and scaffolding sales company in Leeds,
Chippindale now operates from nine locations throughout the north of the UK. As well as renting general construction equipment, including telehandlers, it sells second hand equipment and is appointed the distributor for a number of brands including Volvo, Atlas Copco, Stihl, Thwaites and Bomag.