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Group / Emtec Southern recovery and was also when I began my communications with Sauter as they were looking for a new Managing Director. I’ d previously worked at Multiplex and had worked with Sauter on several projects. I was aware of the company but didn’ t know much about their acquisitive path- they had acquired seven businesses in the last five years to propel their UK growth strategy.“ Sauter’ s ambitions are to become one of the UK’ s leading building services contractors, and they approached me about joining this great business in Surrey that needed new energy and direction. There’ s a lot going on and I’ m still very new in the business, but I’ m fortunate to have worked with some amazing people over the years and have already brought in five new team members. We’ ve also recently secured a nationally known figure in pre-construction.
We’ re building a fantastic team to target sizable and significant growth for not only Emtec Southern but also the wider UK Sauter Group companies- Sauter Automation, Emtec Group, Sirus, Wren Environmental and Electracom Projects.”
Rebranding ambitions
The rebrand of T4 into Emtec Southern was completed in early September. Mike explains the motivation and ambitions behind the rebranding.“ With several companies under the Sauter umbrella, each entity can support one another and provide a greater holistic service to our customers,” he states.“ It’ s not about merging offices or reducing overheads but creating an endto-end in-house service across the UK. The Sauter Group management style allows the regional businesses to maintain their original
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