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JobGroup to acquire DRM Industrial Fabrics

JobGroup to acquire DRM Industrial Fabrics

JobGroup to acquire DRM Industrial Fabrics

Press release

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

We are delighted to announce DRM Industrial Fabrics limited is to join the JOB Group.

The acquisitionmeans that the JOB Group family of pioneering & solution based industrial textile & filtration services, which is at the forefront of wet & dry filtration solutions,continuesits 60 years of successful journey of development and growth.

JOB Group CEO, Mr. Rutger Bornefalk, committed that he is eager to combine colleagues from both companies.

– The talent at DRM will merge seamlessly with our current professionals in the Job Group providing our UK & international customers a service that will exceed industry standards. Having a strategic manufacturing facility within the UK will give us a further launch pad for our growth & solutions capability globally.

Mr. Bornefalk adds:

– We will be the only UK manufacturing company for filtration & industrial fabrics with Group fabric design, weaving & confection capabilities demonstrating our commitment to the UK post Brexit. Therefore, we expect that access to British international trade partners will further our opportunities and compliment the JOB Groups current trajectory.

The merger of the two companies will further provide flexibility to group resources & compliment the JOB Groups existing portfolio of existing subsidiaries in Sweden, Spain, Finland, UK, Estonia & partnerships throughout the world’s industrial capitals.

About JOB Group

JOB Group headquartered in Kinna, Sweden is a pioneering industrial textile & filtration business providing process & industrial solutions across all sectors of mining, aggregates, chemical, dyes & pigments, pharma, ceramic, pulp & paper, beverage, sugar & food, steel & ore processing, energy & power, environmental, water, wastewater & industrial waste treatment.

JOB Group has two diverse capabilities, industrial textiles for both wet & dry filtration & separation, capital equipment design manufacture and supply, optimisation of existing client equipment and processes.

Owned and managed by Mr. Rutger Bornefalk plus a team of dedicated industry professionals, JOB Group has been at the forefront of the filtration market for 60 years.

If any questions please don’t hesitate to contact: job@jobgroup.se

NOTES TO EDITORS

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