Delivering what we promise - together

P W Gates has landed on Mars

On October 23rd, P W Gates completed the purchase of a majority shareholding in the well-respected, 100 year old, North Wales haulier, Mars-Jones Ltd.

Peter Gates commented that it was the culmination of a few months’ hard work to get the legal and accounting side carried out, ably assisted by our professional advisers, without affecting the day to day running of either company.

The synergies between the two companies are such that there is a lot of scope for efficiency and expansion. All staff at Mars-Jones along with their warehouse facility near Chester and their FORS silver vehicle fleet will be retained and utilised on both their own existing contracts and shared work between the two companies.

Our development Director Chris Lynch commented that this acquisition benefits our business enormously as it will give us and Mars Jones greater access to new markets and has boosted our growth, the shared infrastructure increasing our efficiency.

We have a lot to learn from each other and have been lucky enough to retain the whole of the Mars Jones workforce which will be a great asset to the existing PWG team. Combining the companies will increase our services and customer base, offering our clients more diversity, delivering what we promise, together.

Chris commented further “This acquisition will give us both the growth that we require – you just need to look at the stats, overnight we now have 4 Depots, Bedford, Chester and 2 depots in Welwyn,  giving us 316,000 sq. Ft. of Warehousing & Cross dock space with 27,000 racked pallet storage locations. Also our fleet has increased to 84 vehicles and 130 Trailers”.

Chris Flynn, Managing Director of Mars-Jones Limited commented “I am looking forward to what the next 100 years holds for Mars-Jones in this our centenary year”.

We have worked alongside P W Gates for many years within the Pallet-Track network and I am delighted with the acquisition, we are very excited to see what the two businesses will deliver collaboratively.

The combined synergies with the group’s presence in the North and South of the country will enable us to offer our clients a much broader logistical offering, enabling us to maximise our Nationwide Operation.