{"id":87796,"date":"2021-01-21T11:02:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=87796"},"modified":"2021-01-21T11:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T11:02:58","slug":"woodward-group-lowthers-electrical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/woodward-group-lowthers-electrical\/87796\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodward Group acquires Lowthers Electrical Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodwardgroup.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woodward Group<\/a>, which provides electrical, fire, security, building and compliance services has acquired Lowthers Electrical Engineers Ltd<\/h2>\n<p>Also based in the Midlands, Lowthers is recognised as a specialist in hazardous or potentially explosive area installations\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodwardgroup.net\/atex\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(ATEX)<\/a>\u00a0and electrical, control and instrumentation (E, C&amp;I) for the food and beverage and petrochemical industries.<\/p>\n<p>The company has built up an extensive blue-chip client base since it was founded in 2007 by the company\u2019s managing director, Matt Lowther.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Lowther has partnered with Woodward Group on a number of projects this year, and as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/freedom-acquires-hv-services\/86912\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acquisition<\/a>, he joins the company as project director.<\/p>\n<h3>Offering unique expertise<\/h3>\n<p>Aden Woodward, managing director of Woodward Group, said: \u201cOur mission at Woodward Group is to offer all of our clients an extensive range of bespoke, high-quality services to meet their needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the demand for ATEX solutions on the rise, we\u2019re thrilled to be able to add this unique and complementary expertise to our service 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