We are pleased to announce that Matrix’s holding company, Green Sky Energy, has acquired the ACME Group.
ACME was founded in 1991 by a team that had previously held senior management positions with the Swiss controls company Staefa Controls (now part of Siemens Building Technologies).
The business has a leading market position within the Building Energy services sector. It has enjoyed controlled growth since initial conception and now employs over 60 staff from a head office at Knaphill, Woking and a regional office in Olveston, Bristol. ACME is widely regarded as one of the most technical and professionally competent businesses within the UK Energy Management market.
The existing management team and shareholders will be staying with the business and it will continue to trade under the ACME name.
Ian Kelly, Chief Executive of Matrix Group, commented “I am delighted to welcome the ACME business and people into the team. This represents a key step forward in our plans to consolidate our position as the UK’s leading energy management company. The ACME management team have over 100 years of experience between them and we are pleased to have such high calibre individuals join the group, together with the team they have nurtured and developed over many years.”
"This deal brings to a close an extremely successful year for Matrix in which we have seen organic revenue growth of 26% and recruited 76 people. The addition of ACME takes our employee count to 310 compared with 106 in March 2010. It takes the combined group turnover to over £55m and further strengthens the key markets of London and the South East of England.”
"We expect 2012 to be another good year for growth on the back of major blue chip brand energy services contract wins, which include a large international win stretching across the Globe."
Sam Saunders, one of the founders of ACME, added “We are delighted to have joined forces with the UK’s leading energy management business. The integrity of the Matrix team and their commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service are very consistent with the approach which has made ACME so successful. The combination of the businesses provides security to all our staff and customers that the business can continue to develop and we are particularly excited at the opportunities created by access to Matrix’s Energy Management Centre”