Timber specialist builds portfolio
La Salle can reveal that Horsham-based fencing and gardening supplier AVS Fencing has been acquired by timber and building materials merchants Lawsons.
Businesses acquired: AVS Group Holdings Ltd
Activities: The AVS group primarily trades through its' subsidiary AVS Fencing Supplies Ltd which was established in 1987 and incorporated in 1993. The company's products are divided into the areas of fencing, decking, railway sleepers, gates, sheds, mesh, wire, post bases, electric fencing, aggregates, ironmongery and fixings.
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Purchaser: Lawsons Holding Ltd
Activities: This company is engaged in the wholesale distribution of timber, building materials, and fencing materials in London and the South East. It offers insulation, roofing, steel, flooring, joinery, fencing, landscaping, decorating, ironmongery, and plumbing and heating products; and garden buildings, heavyside building materials, fixtures and fittings, tools, building chemicals, sheet materials, specialist loft conversion materials, and timber and moldings. The company was founded in 1921 and conducts its business from its corporate head office located in St Albans, United Kingdom.
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Additional info:
AVS founder Ian Faires said:
"The values and ethos of both companies run in parallel and I had no hesitation in deciding that Simon Lawson (chairman of Lawsons) and his team were the perfect fit going forward.
"I am very proud of what we have all achieved at AVS during the past twenty-seven years and now is the right time for this move to take place."
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