News Item: Dantherm Group Acquires The Hire Supply Company Ltd. in the UK
Dantherm Group has acquired The Hire Supply Company (UK) Ltd. (HSC) in the UK with effect from today. HSC is headquartered in Nottingham and is one of the UK’s largest distributors to the tool and plant hire industry, supplying equipment and consumables within climate control, site electrical works and related equipment. HSC has a strong reputation for availability, next-day delivery, technical expertise and after-sales service and strong compliance and quality management capabilities.
Founded in 2001, HSC has approximately 25 employees at locations in Nottingham and London within sales, service and logistics and a strong customer base across the UK hire channel.
The acquisition gives Dantherm Group direct access to the UK tool and plant hire and construction distribution channel and a well-established platform for bringing the Group’s heating, cooling, drying, air cleaning and ventilation products to hire customers across the country.
The acquisition of HSC is another key milestone in Dantherm Group’s expansion strategy, strengthening Dantherm’s position as the Nr. 1 partner to help organizations, governments, businesses and individuals deal with increasing weather extremes with a broad range of products and solutions supporting to efficiently manage the climate challenge.
Oliver Zimmermann, CEO at Dantherm Group says: “HSC has a strong market position and an exceptional reach into the UK hire channel, which is an important route to market for our products. The UK is a key market for us, and we are excited about the opportunities that HSC provides in terms of market presence and the potential to expand our product offering to existing and new partners and customers in the UK. HSC is centrally located to further develop the UK market. The combined organisation of our activities in the UK will serve as a blueprint country model for the whole Group.”
Gary McWilliam, Managing Director at HSC says: “I am very proud and pleased that Dantherm Group is the new owner of HSC. We have worked very close with Dantherm and have a great relationship forged over many years. Their acquisition of HSC is testament to the hard work and dedication of everybody within HSC and our number one focus of putting customers first – always. It will give the company further opportunities to grow within existing and new business fields, and I look forward to working with the Dantherm Group and their partners in the UK.”
Going forward, HSC and the Dantherm Group’s UK business will be integrated utilising the market and product strengths of each other to continue delivering quality market leading solutions to our customers and partners. The current management of HSC will continue running the day-to-day business of HSC supported by the Dantherm Group UK management.
Any enquiries concerning this announcement can be directed to Oliver Zimmermann, CEO, Dantherm Group, oliver.zimmermann@danthermgroup.com.
Information on Dantherm Group and HSC: www.danthermgroup.com, www.hscgroupuk.co.uk.