Global packaging firm acquires Yorkshire automation specialist

La Salle can reveal that listed Coventry-headquartered Mpac Group have acquired North Yorkshire's Lambert Automation, specialists in automation technology to the medical and consumer healthcare markets.

Businesses acquired: Lambert Automation Limited

Activities: Founded in 1973 and incorporated in 2006, Lambert Engineering's turnkey approach encompasses the design, manufacture, assembly, installation, commissioning and maintenance. Using the latest robot technology, the company's subsidiary provides automated production systems, special purpose machinery and automation systems across a wide range of applications on a global scale. They employ around 160 staff.

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Purchaser: Mpac Group plc

Activities: Incorporated in 1912, The Company is an international specialist technology and services group, providing high performance instrumentation and machinery to the FMCG, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. The company employ 350 staff globally and their headquarters are in Coventry, West Midlands.

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Tony Steels, chief executive of Mpac, said: "Lambert is a high-quality business with proven performance and long-standing embedded relationships with global blue-chip customers. Clear synergies exist in the market, technologies and supply chain which will provide our customers and potential new customers even greater confidence in the delivery of complete turnkey packaging solutions.

"Lambert entered 2019 with a significantly higher order book than the previous year and I am excited about the potential of the combined business and the momentum it brings to the fulfilment of our strategic plans."