Acodent laboratory bought by Manchester rival
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- Published: Wednesday, 29 October 2014 07:49
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Swift Dental Laboratory has acquired the assets of Bolton-based Alpha Zahn Ltd, which traded as Acodent Dental Laboratory. Acodent, which employed 115 staff, announced it was closing on 1 October with the loss of all jobs at the business. The administrators, Mazars, have entered into a trading licence agreement with Swift, enabling Acodent to continue to trade while its future and viability were assessed.
The administrators entered into a trading licence agreement with Swift, ahead of a sale of all the company's assets to a new company, which will become part of the Swift Dental Group, and will continue to trade as Acodent. Swift is now recruiting for a number of positions in the new business. Swift, which employs 170 staff, is set to recruit for new roles at the acquired business. Roy McGillivray, managing director at Swift Dental Laboratory, said: "We were pleased to be asked by Mazars to be involved in the assessment of Acodent, and furthermore to be a major supporter of the new company going forward."
Robert Adamson, joint administrator and partner in Mazars' business restructuring team, added: "The purchase of Acodent is great news for the business, its customers and the local community. We have worked closely with former staff at Acodent to help them claim redundancy payments and we are pleased that Swift will shortly be announcing job vacancies at the company."
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