Acquisitions

Acquisitions

In October 1995 it bought Sud Ouest Plastiques (of France) for £2.1m. In January 1997 it bought TDI for £3.1m. In November 1997 it bought Gabo Systemtechnik from Thyssen Polymer (now owned by Deceuninck of Belgium) for £6m. In July 1998 it bough Domus Ducting for £4.7m; this became Polypipe Ventilation. In January 1999 it bought Pagette Sanitar Produktions (of Germany) for £9m.

In May 2007 it bought Geberit's PVC piping business in Aylesford in Kent. This became Polypipe Terrain. Also it 2007, it planned to take over Verplas of Dorset, but after being referred to the Competition Commission, the deal was abandoned in July 2007. In February 2010 it bought Silavent, a ventilation manufacturer.

In November 2014, Polypipe acquired the Ferrob Ventilation business. Ferrob Ventilation design, manufacture and install specialist domestic and light commercial ventilation products for landlords, Local Authorities, Housing Associations and home owners throughout the UK.

In February 2015, Polypipe acquired Surestop. Surestop produce an alternative to the brass stopcock, allowing mains water supply to be turned off with the flick of a switch.