BUSINESS PROFILE
WILCOX ACQUIRED Renowned bodybuilder changes hands but winning management team stays
2021
will be a landmark year for the Wilcox Group, the manufacturer of bulk rigid bodies and trailers and importer of mixer bodies. It’s just over 20 years since Vito Ronzano and Chris Bartlett ended several years of uncertainty for the company when it bought the name and company assets at the Wilcox Market Deeping site near Peterborough. Ronzano and Bartlett were able to build on the Wilcox reputation for building quality products and the company has thrived and expanded since. Wilcox now employs 100 full-time staff. The company has established considerable expertise in building aluminium and steel bodywork for the aggregates, asphalt and construction markets and is also the sole UK agent for CIFA concrete mixers. CIFA was established in Italy almost a century ago and is now under Chinese ownership.
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DAF DRIVER SUMMER 2021
Within recent weeks, Wilcox announced that it had been sold to the Total Vehicle Solutions (TVS) Group, based in nearby Wisbech. The acquisition of Wilcox is the first for the TVS Group since its formation in 2019 from SB Components, Priden Engineering and McPhee Mixers. Vito Ronzano and Chris Bartlett will continue to lead the company under its new ownership. “The acquisition strengthens and adds to the Group’s market position in the UK and Europe, creating increased cross-selling opportunities and the ability to share facilities, broadening reach, resource and technical expertise”, Area Sales Manager, Jamie Boyce, told DAF Driver. For DAF operators, Wilcox and its associated companies are an established part of the DAF Ready to Go ready-bodied truck range. The Ready to Tip tipper range, based on the DAF CF 450 8x4 construction chassis offers the option of Wilcox steel or aluminium tipper bodywork.
