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We acquire, integrate,
and build, not just buy.

Vola Group acquires and develops specialist businesses where cultural alignment, capability, and strategic intent create scalable advantage.

We focus on disciplined integration and platform building, strengthening each business while creating a more powerful, unified group.

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Founders & owners

What happens to your business, your brand and your people after the deal.

Read our process →
02
Advisors & brokers

Our criteria in black and white, and how quickly we move.

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03
Investors & private equity

The platform thesis, the acquisition history, and co-investment, carve-outs and buy-and-build partnerships.

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Focus

Strategic Alignment.
Cultural Integrity.
Operational Discipline.
Long-Term Value Creation.

We build enduring businesses by prioritising strategic alignment at every stage, from acquisition through to integration and long-term growth.

Cultural fit is not an afterthought; it is a core investment criterion and a key driver of performance. We partner with companies where there is a clear strategic rationale and the opportunity to strengthen both the individual business and the wider group.

Whether through integration or carefully considered strategic pivots, our focus is on creating businesses that are more resilient, more scalable, and better positioned to serve their customers. By combining shared expertise, structured execution, and a long-term mindset, we preserve what makes each business successful while building a stronger, more cohesive platform.

Positioning

Vola Is A Platform Built For Disciplined, Aligned Growth.

We acquire and develop specialist businesses where strategic fit, cultural alignment, and operational potential create a clear path to value creation. Our approach is selective, focused on building a cohesive group rather than assembling a collection of assets.

Each business is evaluated on how it strengthens the platform, whether by expanding capabilities, deepening market access, or enabling strategic evolution.

We actively work alongside management teams to enhance performance, embed scalable systems, and unlock new growth opportunities.

The result is a unified, high-performing group - designed to compound value over time and deliver sustained advantage to customers, partners, and stakeholders.

Acquisition criteria

What we look for, stated plainly, so advisors know whether to bring us a deal and founders know whether to start the conversation.

Sector

Adhesives, sealants, coatings and adjacent speciality chemicals. Application equipment and delivery systems.

Geography

UK, Ireland, France, Benelux, DACH and Nordics. Selective interest in North America and APAC.

Ownership

Founder-owned, family-owned, corporate carve-outs and management buy-outs.

Position

Majority and full acquisitions. Minority stakes considered where a clear path to control exists.

Not a fit
Pre-revenue or pre-product businesses Distressed assets without a viable operating core Pure asset purchases with no team or capability

The Process

Six stages from first conversation to completion. One point of contact the whole way through.

01
Introduction

A confidential conversation with the group, not an intermediary.

02
Indicative offer

Headline terms based on limited information, so you know where you stand before opening the books.

03
Diligence

Commercial, financial, technical and cultural. Run by the people who will work with the business afterwards.

04
Terms & structure

Consideration, earn-outs, rollover equity and management continuity agreed in writing.

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Completion

Legals, funding and regulatory clearances. One point of contact throughout.

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Integration

A hundred-day plan owned jointly. We protect what works and add what is missing.

Acquisition history

Every business we have acquired is still trading under its own name, with its own team.

2017 Belu Benelux B.V. Netherlands

Dutch industrials distributor and technical solutions business.

2026 Ardemat & Stratogrip France

Specialist adhesive provider and distributor, Saint-Agrève, acquired together under SAS Ardemat Group. Added French warehousing and distribution and a direct route into the European market.

2026 In process United Kingdom

Coatings producer. Currently in process, so not part of the completed acquisition history above.

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What we bring

Why joining the group beats staying independent.

Manufacturing capacity

49,000 litres a day on a single shift, with 100% growth headroom inside the current footprint.

Compliance infrastructure

ISO-aligned systems, EcoVadis and BSI participation, and reformulation capability for restricted substances.

Route to market

Six brands covering roofing, flooring, industrial and OEM across the UK, Europe and beyond.

Technical expertise

Formulation, application engineering and on-site support that most independents cannot fund alone.

The platform

The investment thesis in one paragraph: a consolidating market, a fragmented supplier base, and a group with the manufacturing and compliance infrastructure to absorb it.

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Brands in the group
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Countries with operations
98%
OTIF delivery performance
100%
Growth capacity in place

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Every enquiry goes directly to the group and is treated in confidence.

Contact
Stewart MacLean
Group CFO
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