{"id":23609,"date":"2021-12-22T18:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aim.group\/?page_id=23609"},"modified":"2023-12-21T18:32:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:32:44","slug":"torberry-connectors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/torberry-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Torberry Connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stephen Keeley<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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1971<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Hampshire (UK)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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SECTOR<\/span><\/h6>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Distribution of industrial battery components<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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INTRO<\/span><\/h5>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Due to the growing global presence of our portfolio company <\/span>\n Vandapower <\/a>and the strategic motive to operate with a physical location within the UK, we partnered with <\/span>aim.group<\/strong>-entrepreneur and Vandapower CEO Stijn Uitterhaegen for an appropriate takeover target within the sector. Steady local roots and a match with Vandapower's vision and values were essential in this process.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Torberry Connectors Ltd, based in Hampshire, UK, has experience in the distribution of connectors and connection assemblies combined with technical advice since 1973. Founder Stephen Keeley was looking for a solution given his approaching retirement age and saw in Vandapower a safe haven to house his business.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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After acquisition by Vandapower, the name of Torberry Connectors Ltd was also changed to Vandapower Ltd. This was done to reflect our group branding, in consistency with the Vandapower LLC entity in Texas that was established in the USA. In addition we\n In addition, we moved to larger premises, in line with our overseas ambitions!<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Stijn Uitterhaegen<\/strong><\/h4>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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OPRICHTER Stephen Keeley OPGERICHT 1971 LOCATIE Hampshire (UK) SECTOR Distributie van industri\u00eble batterij componenten WEBSITE www.vandapower.co.uk INTRO Door de groeiende globale aanwezigheid van ons portfoliobedrijf Vandapower en het strategisch motief om met een fysieke locatie actief te zijn binnen de UK, gingen we samen met aim-ondernemer en Vandapower CEO Stijn Uitterhaegen opzoek naar een gepast overnametarget […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23609","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aim.group\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}