Company makes a splash with purchase of second marine engineering business
TWISTED Marine, sister company to North Yorkshire-based Twisted Automotive, has acquired Brightonbased marine engineering business, West Marine Services Limited.
West Marine, which turns over around £ 700,000 and provides powerboat service, repair and supply services, joins the Twisted Marine group of companies and continues to scale its operations as part of the larger business.
Twisted Marine said the acquisition would support its plans to grow its market presence in the marine sector and cement its growing reputation for building and enhancing power boats based on solid marine engineering foundations.
West Marine is an authorised dealer for Volvo Penta, Mercury Marine and Yanmar and the business will strengthen Twisted Marine’s dealership links to support customers across the whole of the south coast.
Based in a 1900sq ft facility on the Brighton Marina Village, West Marine was founded in 2005 and has developed a reputation as a one-stop shop for all types of leisure craft, from small tenders to large yachts. The business’s current owner, Mike West, will exit the business.
Twisted founder Charles Fawcett said: “We very much look forward to welcoming the West Marine team to Twisted and working together with them to create a centre of marine engineering excellence, firmly putting Twisted Marine on the map as a household name in the marine industry.”
Twisted Marine is run by Charles Fawcett and managing director Jake Cronk, a fully qualified marine engineer and member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, who holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He joined the business following a successful career with the Mercedes AMG Formula 1 and Formula E teams.