A cold storage construction company in Gloucestershire has agreed a major distribution deal with a Dutch door manufacturer.
The P&M Group, trading as ISD Solutions, signed the agreement with Netherlands-based Salco BV for supply and installation, and ongoing service and maintenance, which will be provided by a team of 20 specialist engineers.
The Gloucester-based firm has previously worked with Salco, which produces doors for the industrial, agriculture and refrigeration sectors, on projects in the UK and Australia.
“They’re a similar size of business to us and they wanted a financially stable, experienced distributor, based in the UK to work with on existing and ongoing projects both here and abroad,” said P&M Group managing director Tony Wall.
“Our infrastructure and network of trained operatives gives us, and them, great confidence in our ability to provide customers with the full range of cold store services, from planning to installation and maintenance.”
Mr Wall said P&M Group had experienced a “huge upsurge” in demand for fully automated high bay freezer warehouses following Brexit and growth in online food retail due to the pandemic.
He said the current investment value in high-bay warehousing in the UK was worth around £500m a year - a figure likely to double by 2022.
“A combination of harder border control and the demands of Covid-19 has changed the face of the food retail industry, fast-forwarding growth in the warehousing sector. We think this trend is going to continue,” he said.
“Salco is the ideal fit for our reputation for excellence in provision of both products and services and will give our customers confidence in offering the most suitable solutions for their needs.”
