Denny Bros acquires Richard Ching & Son

With over 80 years of experience in manufacturing a range of labels and nameplates, Richard Ching & Son specializes in producing waymarkers used by councils and other organizations, plus metal nameplates, plastic labels, overlays and many other labeling products used across all industries.

Based in Hadleigh, near Ipswich, the business opens up new business opportunities for the Denny Bros Group. Strategically driven to complete the circle between engineering and labeling, the acquisition enables Denny Bros to expand its product offering to include nameplates, fascia labels, under surface printed labels, vinyl labels and waymarkers. The move to acquire the company and its premises outright was driven by Denny Bros’ desire to benefit from a reputation and experience in an area which fits well with Denny Bros’ existing product ranges. Both companies hope to build further on current successes in the UK market and aim to share expertise in order to expand their market share in the future.

Barry Denny, chairman of Denny Bros Group, said: ‘Richard Ching & Son is a great company with a good workforce and offers an excellent range of specialist signs, labels and nameplates.’

This latest acquisition takes the Denny Bros Group of companies to 10, and Barry Denny added: ‘Its activities dovetail in to those of Denny Bros and Willowbridge Labels, a company we bought a few years ago, and which has gone from strength to strength as a result of our involvement and investment. I am sure we can do the same with Richard Ching & Son, and look forward to progress being made over the next year or two.’

Richard Ching & Son will continue to operate under its current identity and be run by Ivan Kistruck, its general manager of 30 years, who said: ‘Richard Ching’s previous owner, Sheila Harrington, took great care in selecting the right company and the right people for us to work with. The news has been extremely well-received here as it provides job security and with the possibility of new markets comes the prospect of more employment in the future. We look forward to having a long, successful future with the support of the Denny Bros Group.’