Colson Industries bought by X-Cel Superturn

Move to see investment in the Elland based valve manufacturer

Colson Industries, the Elland based manufacturer of valve products for the chemical and oil and gas sectors, has been purchased by X-Cel Superturn in a deal worth £1.75 million.

Sheffield based X-Cel Superturn, which manufactures precision engineered components for the oil and gas sector, plans to strengthen the newly acquired company’s management team with a technical director and area sales managers.

The group also propose significant investment in manufacturing equipment and training for existing and incoming staff. The investments should spark a growth in sales for the Yorkshire valve company which has been operating successfully since the midnineties. Manufacturing from a 30,000-sq/ft facility, Colson offers a wide range of Ball, Needle, Check, Manifold and Double Block and Bleed valves in sizes from 1/4 Inch to 3 Inch and in materials from 316SS to Duplex, Alloy 400, C276 and all other Super Alloys. The products are produced to the requirements of an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Assurance environment, and comply with requirements such as Fire safe design To BS6755 pt2/API 6D and the subsea design to the PR2 specification as necessary.

‘We believe that Colson has excellent products, and significant talent in valve design and manufacture’ says Mark Burrell Sales Director of the X-Cel Group

‘The Company will fit perfectly into the X-Cel group. This move is great news for Colson’s existing and potential customer base as the market will soon be able to reap the benefits of investment in an already well performing company. Our aim is to manufacture over 75% of the valve components in-house using European materials and provide excellent service to all customers’.

X-Cel was founded in 1984 by Andrew Taylor as Sheffield Superturn to manufacture small to medium CNC machined parts.

It has expanded through organic growth and acquisition and this year expects to increase turnover from £24 million to £30 million, independent of the Colson acquisition. It employs 135 people across its sites in Sheffield, Rotherham and Batley.

Colson X-Cel, as the new company will be called, continue to operate from its base in West Yorkshire, where facilities will be upgraded and staffing numbers increased. For more information on the deal, please contact Colson X-Cel.

Colson X-Cel Ltd
Tel: 01422 377999
sales@colson.co.uk

Published: 18th September 2014