{"id":52705,"date":"2019-02-18T13:52:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=52705"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:52:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T13:52:47","slug":"michelmersh-floren-acquisition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/michelmersh-floren-acquisition\/52705\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelmersh set for expansion with Floren acquisition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"article__intro\">Specialist brick manufacturer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbhplc.co.uk\/\">Michelmersh<\/a> has acquired all of the shares of Belgium-based business <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floren.be\/en\">Floren &amp; Cie<\/a><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52706\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52706 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"premium product\" width=\"345\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/FLOREN-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floren<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Michelmersh is to pay \u20ac9.9m (~\u00a38.7m), with \u20ac9.4m paid on completion of the acquisition and a deferred consideration of 400,000 Michelmersh ordinary shares\u00a0\u2013 with a value no greater than \u20ac500,000 \u2013 in 24 months if certain targets are met.<\/p>\n<p>Floren\u2019s strategic programme of investment includes an array of ecological measures to advance the brick making process, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/new-generation-insulation-products\/47875\/\">improvement of insulation<\/a> to both kiln and dryers, and the installation of a state-of-the-art steering program for the dryers, avoiding energy losses and optimising the drying curves.<\/p>\n<p>The current production process is largely automated, however, the company maintained the capacity for human intervention to manipulate each facing brick on a product line to offer a bespoke finish.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52707\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-52707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London.-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"premium product\" width=\"315\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London.-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London.-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London.-696x540.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London.-542x420.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Castor-facing-brick-for-Percival-Avenue-Colindale-London..jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Castor facing brick for Percival Avenue, Colindale, London.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/rsk-group-acquires-dr-tillmanns\/52285\/\"> acquisition will enhance<\/a> Michelmersh\u2019s UK product portfolio and increase the group\u2019s scale whilst also providing access to new European markets, such as the wider Benelux and German audiences. 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