British Engineering Services Group confirms the acquisition of AWL Inspection and NDT Services

Birchwood Park occupier, British Engineering Services is pleased to share that they have acquired AWL Inspection and NDT Services. For the growing business, ensuring the safety of their people and their customers is a priority and that will never change. Welcoming AWL to the Group will help ensure they are always able to meet their customers’ needs as they continue to provide their services to more and more companies.

The South Shield based Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) business will help strengthen the Group’s existing NDT offering as they continue to position themselves for ongoing growth. As with their specialist Salford based team, AWL provides their customers with services including magnetic particle, liquid penetrant and ultrasonic testing.

Established in 1987, AWL is a family run business with a fantastic reputation for always delivering the very best service. With a focus on the safety of their customers, they already share the British Engineering Services Group priority of helping make Britain and Ireland a safer place.

“This is another fantastic acquisition for our company. The brilliant AWL team have the same passion, drive and enthusiasm we enjoy across the wider British Engineering Services Group. Their people are experts in the world of NDT and will really reinforce the services provided by our existing team. Adding another NDT business to our Group has been a focus of ours for some time as we look to enhance both our capacity and our customer base in this field and AWL was an obvious choice,” said Dave Vaughan, MD of Testing and Consultancy.

“AWL’s reputation and market strength is impressive, and we’re delighted to have them on board. Adding them to the Group will undoubtedly strengthen our wider customer proposition as we continue to focus on leveraging cross-sell opportunities,” commented Gareth Hilton, Chief Commercial Officer.

Emma Williamson, NDT Manager for AWL, commented, “We’ve really enjoyed getting know more about the British Engineering Services Group over the last few weeks and we’re looking forward to being part of the team. This is a great move all round and we’re confident it will help ensure a brilliant future for everyone involved.”

This is the fourth acquisition for the Group since 2019 and follows UK Road Tanker Inspections, PCMS Eng and Lantei. Continuing to add specialist companies to their business has already helped really differentiate them in their market as they continue to focus on delivering an end-to-end service that meets their customer’s needs. Finding businesses that not only reinforce or complement their existing offering, but are also a great cultural fit is important to them and they’re delighted to have done just that with all of their acquisitions so far.