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Certex Announces Purchase

01 Jun 2007

Leading lifting gear distributor – Certex UK, recently announced the successful acquisition of Global Defence Procurement Ltd (GDP), which has its main offices within the Devonport Naval Base in Plymouth. GDP offers the sales and servicing of a wide range of marine and industrial equipment to the Ministry of Defence as well as to the commercial leisure and fishing industries. 
Tony Stringer, Managing Director of Certex UK (left) and Derek Foster, Managing Director and founder of Global Defence Procurement, look forward to a new business arrangement.
Tony Stringer, Managing Director of Certex UK (left) and Derek Foster, Managing Director and founder of Global Defence Procurement, look forward to a new business arrangement.

GDP facilities include a fully MCA-approved servicing station for rescue boats, life rafts and life jackets. Other products include personal protective equipment, ropes, wires and other lifting products, navigation equipment, fire-fighting equipment and diving apparatus.

Tony Stringer, Certex’s Managing Director, says: “Although there is obvious synergy between the companies, their client bases are very separate. This deal will give Certex an ideal opportunity to grow as a business and also expand into market sectors where it is not currently represented, particularly in the field of military procurement.”

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Tony Stringer, Managing Director of Certex UK (left) and Derek Foster, Managing Director and founder of Global Defence Procurement, look forward to a new business arrangement.

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