Enfield Speciality Doors Expands With Cotswold Doors Acquisition
Enfield Speciality Doors is boosting production capacity and targeting shorter lead times after acquiring the business and assets of Cotswold Doors.
The deal, completed on 6th October for an undisclosed sum, brings Cotswold’s manufacturing operations in Fairford and Ipswich into the business, adding around 60,000 sq ft of production space and an experienced specialist workforce.
The Ipswich operation will become a shared manufacturing facility with the Enfield, North London site. All production and operational roles across the new sites are being retained.
Enfield manufactures bespoke fire, acoustic, security, X-ray and other specialist timber doors and doorsets for commercial and public-sector projects across the UK. Cotswold Doors manufactures high quality door solutions for projects in the educational, hospitality and healthcare market sectors.
The acquisition follows a fire at Enfield’s North London factory on 8 July which damaged part of the manufacturing facility and temporarily reduced production capacity.
Production continued throughout and lead times are already improving. The additional capacity from the acquisition will accelerate Enfield’s return to normal four-to- six week lead times.
James Saunders, Managing Director of Enfield Speciality Doors, said:
“Enfield is a very technical business and much of our strength comes from people who really understand doors. We’ve found that same depth of knowledge and experience within Cotswold.
The fire reduced our capacity, but we kept manufacturing and worked hard to keep customers supplied.
This acquisition changes the picture significantly. It gives us more capacity, more technical expertise and much greater resilience.
We’re also bringing forward planned investment at Enfield, so we’re not simply replacing what was lost in the fire. We’re building a stronger and more capable business.”
The fire-affected part of Enfield’s factory will be fully refurbished over the next six months, with new manufacturing equipment installed as part of an accelerated investment programme.
Enfield Speciality Doors is part of The GSP Group, a British group of specialist manufacturers and service providers operating across fire safety and building safety, supporting customers across the full breadth of the built-environment.
Alastair Thompson, CEO of the GSP Group said:
“The fire could have made us more cautious. Instead, it has strengthened our resolve and given greater momentum to our plans, expanding the breadth and capability of the Group and enhancing the solutions available to our customers.
This acquisition brings together significant manufacturing capability and a wealth of specialist knowledge. It increases Enfield’s capacity, while retaining the skills and experience that are so important to the specialist door industry.
Alongside the investment being made at Enfield Speciality Doors, the acquisition strengthens our platform for the future, combining manufacturing strength, specialist expertise and the backing of an independently owned Group with the scale and resources to support customers across the construction sector.”
Editor’s notes:
About Enfield Speciality Doors
Enfield Speciality Doors is a British manufacturer of bespoke timber fire, acoustic, security and X-ray doors and doorsets, supplying construction projects across the UK from its North London manufacturing base.
The company’s history dates back to 1930, when the business began as a timber merchant, adding a joinery department in 1935. It moved into specialist door production in the 1980s, taking over the specialist division of Walter Lawrence in 1985, and has since grown its manufacturing capability to handle anything from a single bespoke door to major doorset packages. In 2001, Enfield secured a £1 million export order to the Middle East.
Its North London factory covers nearly two acres and brings the manufacturing process together on one site. Enfield says its sales and technical team has a combined 270 years’ industry experience. The company is certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, holds FSC® Chain of Custody and IFC third-party fire-door certification, and its acoustic doorsets carry Quiet Mark approval.
Enfield Speciality Doors is part of the GSP Group.
About the GSP Group
The GSP Group comprises three companies: Enfield Speciality Doors, Gerda Security Products and Expert Access Solutions.
Gerda Security Products Ltd is a British manufacturer of fire doorsets and expert in emergency access systems, with nearing 30 years’ experience in residential and social housing. Headquartered in Mildenhall, Gerda Security operates nationally with manufacturing sites and warehouse & distribution centre in Suffolk, plus regional offices in Manchester. The company is ISO 9001:2015, 14001 & 45001 certified through the British Standards Institute.
The wide offering of multiperformance Flat Entrance and Communal Area Doorset Ranges are Gerda’s proprietary design, extensively primary tested at UKAS test houses and carry third party certification across a number of schemes with BlueSky Certification. It is this depth and breadth of test evidence that has enabled Gerda to successfully specialise in and deliver refurbishment programmes across the social housing built-environment.
Originator of the Premises Information Box (PIB)®, developed with the Fire and Rescue Service as part of a joint initiative in 2005, the PIB® has subsequently become the model for what is now generically known as a secure information box, a mandated requirement in building regulations along with the EACIE Enclosure.
At the forefront of innovation, Gerda Security continues to develop and invest into technology development to enhance its products. The G-Smart® App provides a straightforward way to survey doorsets on site, within test evidence remit, creating a digital record for the lifetime of the doorset, whilst latest innovation, AlertAssure®, offers the next-generation of safeguarding technology for fire doorsets.
Expert Access Solutions Ltd is a leading service provider of maintenance and installation for automatic and industrial doorsets, operating in the South of England. Formally the service arm of dormakaba, Expert Access Solutions has gained a solid reputation for its expertise in roller shutters, sectional overhead doors, swing doors and sliding doors as well as folding and revolving doors.
With offices in Stevenage and Tiverton, Devon the Company operates a workforce of over 100 members of staff, who have earned a reputation for their skills, training and quality of work linked to their 150 year heritage.
A company member of ADSA and DHF, Expert Access Solutions carries third party certification with CHAS, Constructionline, Avetta and SafeContractor.
