Lehmann & Voss acquires Gee Lawson in the UK

Privately owned specialty chemicals distributor Lehmann & Voss & Co. (Hamburg, Germany) last week announced the successful acquisition of Gee Lawson Holdings Limited. (London, United Kingdom) through its subsidiary LEHVOSS UK Limited (Congleton, United Kingdom).

The acquisition is “a strategic move that strengthens the LEHVOSS Groups portfolio in the nutritional and life science sectors across Europe and globally” the company said in a statement.
Gee Lawson founded in 1936 and employing 34 with its head office in London, is a leading specialist distributor of ingredients into the Nutritional and Chemical Life Science sectors across Europe and the US.
According to Ivan Pennington, Managing Director of LEHVOSS UK, Gee Lawson provides a strategic opportunity and fits well with [the] vision for the future, being focused on a sector in which the company wants to develop as a group.
No financial details were disclosed on this transaction.

Source: LEHVOSS website

HGE / DCG – 26.08.2015