Alpine Fire makes first acquisition
The acquisition follows a WestBridge backed secondary buyout of Greater Manchester-based Alpine Fire by its management team in 2022. Having identified data centres as a key target market for growth, the company’s first acquisition since the investment by WestBridge adds additional technical expertise alongside an expansion into a new complex market.
Founded in 2013 by Stuart Parker and joined by Paul Darke in 2016, DAS Fire Limited is a market leader in supplying fire detection and suppression solutions to the data centre market across the UK and Ireland. It offers a full-service design, installation, maintenance and support offering bespoke to the data centre market. As part of the acquisition, Paul and Stuart will remain with the business alongside the entirety of their team.
Alpine Fire chief executive officer, Steven Nanda, commented:
“Since our secondary management buyout in December 2022, we have continued to be extremely successful in driving organic growth across our core markets. This acquisition enables us to accelerate our diversification strategy into sectors that complement our areas of expertise. I am incredibly excited to have DAS join the team, we have added further expertise and capability in a unique sector which we identified as a key growth area, whilst also providing us with a fantastic opportunity to offer our customers an improved and more comprehensive solution.’’
Stuart Parker, managing director at DAS Fire said:
“It’s an exciting time to join the progressive team at Alpine and combine the extensive experience of both of our organisations to offer expertly designed fire detection and suppression systems to our customers in the complex sectors we specialise in. We will continue to focus on both our customers and colleagues whilst looking forward to the benefits that come with being part of a larger organisation.”
Thomas Dutton, senior investment manager at WestBridge, said:
“We have developed a great partnership with the team at Alpine since investment. The acquisition of DAS Fire supplements Alpine’s existing offering and opens up a new sector of the market. It goes without saying, we are pleased and excited about bringing DAS into the Alpine Group and we look forward to supporting Alpine as it pursues further strategic growth.”