PTP acquires John Porter

John Porter Doors, a privately owned manufacturer of timber commercial doors, doorsets and associated joinery products, has been acquired by The Performance Timber Products Group Limited (PTP). 

John Porter Doors will continue to trade as John Porter Doors Limited (JPDL) from its Sunderland facility.
 
The list of companies in the Performance Timber Products Group include: Mumford & Wood; Clearwood UK; TimberWindows.com; and more recently Dale Windows, formerly Dale Joinery, which provides the Group’s first entry point into the merchant sector.
 
Roy Wakeman, group executive chairman, and Mark de Rozarieux, group financial director, will join the JPDL board working alongside Brian Pears, managing director, and Ian McSally, commercial director.
 
PTP is backed by Graphite Capital which took a majority shareholding when the Group made its third acquisition in Timberwindows.com, the consumer timber window brand. PTP operates from its Essex-based head office.
 
Roy Wakeman, who previously was CEO of the bespoke door manufacturer, Leaderflush Shapland Group, which was sold in 2005, said: “We are pleased to have this opportunity to work with the management of John Porter Performance Doorsets and to equip the business with additional working capital to consolidate its operations.  The company has built a strong reputation in the commercial doors sector and its brand fits well with our existing portfolio of timber building products.
 
“Our business plan is designed to improve customer service by increasing production efficiencies and reducing lead times.  We will produce factory-assembled, high performance doorsets on time, on budget and on spec.”
 
The company has gained a significant share of the bespoke timber doorset market and the management team is confident that, under new ownership, additional expertise will be brought to all levels of the operation.
 
Roy said: “I’m pleased to be back and look forward to working with the construction and subcontractor customer bases.  The challenges facing us as a result of falling public expenditure will make for exciting times.”
 
JPDL was founded in 1932 and produces fire-rated doorsets for public buildings in the education, retail, commercial, defence, security and government sectors and is one of only six national manufacturers approved by the DHSS for the supply of robust internal doorsets in hospitals including acoustic, x-ray, ultra-clean and wet room areas.

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