10.05.2009

Elavation acquires Safeline

Elavation, the Milton Keynes, UK, based powered access rental company has acquired the powered access rental division of Safeline Access Solutions, also based in Milton Keynes for an undisclosed sum.

Safeline also sells and rents the Latchway Mansafe system safety system to large industrial plants, roofing and other applications. It had developed a powered access division to compliment the products it provided to its petro-chemical and industrial power client base but has now decided to focus its efforts on its core business while Elavation will now supply the powered access.

Stuart McClurg, managing director of Safeline said: “The synergy between both businesses made the acquisition a seamless fit. Elavation share the same core commitments to service and quality that we built our business on. This natural development means that we can develop our core business at a time when there is huge innovation and growth in our industry, and Elavation can develop on the business that we have built. Our fleet was developed for the industrial sector and includes many specialist narrow access and track drive machines on contract rental.”

Mani Gonzalez of Elavation said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for Elavation to develop its business into this notoriously difficult marketplace, with an already existing customer base, and innovative machines that will command premium rates at a time when there is increasing pressure on hire rates for regular machines.”