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market, and, in 2023, we secured private equity investment from Apollo Global Management.
“ Since that investment from Apollo, we’ ve made several more acquisitions,” he continues.“ These include AFECO, a water and wastewater mechanical electrical instrumentation and controls company, Peter Duffy Limited, which is a civils provider within the wastewater industry, Jones, a low voltage street lighting provider, and Glenelly, a cable jointing business working nationally for multiple Distribution Direct Network Operators. Most recently, we acquired Wood UK’ s power transmission and distribution business, and Simkiss, which provides system solutions to many of the utility industries that we work in.
Over time, the expansion of United Infrastructure’ s capabilities has opened the door
Establishing a footprint in the power industry strategically complemented our overall offering to new opportunities across a diverse scope of UK industries. Building on a combination of existing strength in the utilities sector and the capabilities gained through acquisitions, the group now has a market leading capability in the power transmission and distribution sector. This strategic move reflects both the natural evolution of the business and the growing demand for the specialist infrastructure needed to support the UK’ s clean energy transition and continued investment in areas such as data centres.
“ We’ ve just aligned the recently acquired power transmission and distribution( T & D) division within the body of United Infrastructure. We were already very well-established in utilities on all fronts, so establishing a footprint in the power industry strategically complemented our overall offering,” Campbell elaborates.“ Transmission and distribution are very difficult sectors to
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