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Sawmill group Glennon Brothers buys rival Balcas Deal unites leading names in Irish timber industry
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Sawmill group Glennon Brothers is buying rival Balcas in a deal that will merge two of the industry’s best-known names.
Glennon Brothers, owner of timber processing plants in Ireland and Scotland, has agreed to buy Co Fermanagh-based Balcas from owner SHV Energy, subject to approval from competition regulators.
Balcas operates a sawmill near Enniskillen, making timber products used in building, farming and packaging, along with renewable energy plants at its Co Fermanagh base and in Invergordon in Scotland.
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Glennon Brothers has sawmills in counties Cork and Longford and Troon in Scotland, which supply the Irish and British markets.
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