As part of its catering projects, Acme has always sold bespoke fabricated products such as extraction canopies, tabling and benches. As our catering operations grew, we established our own in-house fabrication resource, having a section of our warehouse and several members of staff dedicated to metal fabrication. But we knew that we could achieve more if we up-scaled our capabilities. We needed new equipment, more staff and faced a long road ahead. And then, along came the Canopy Company.

The Canopy Company, based in Rossendale and established in 1991, was a perfect fit for Acme. They had the infrastructure, the staff, the capacity and the expertise to manufacture a wide-range of fabricated products. Acme acquired Canopy Company in 2016 and increased their capacity further by adding the in-house resources that we already had to their strong team.

The Canopy Company has since been absorbed into the wider Pentland Group and made independent from Acme, so they can easily service not only Acme, but many other catering companies besides.