CTH
CTH, founded in 1990, and headquartered at the Port of Tilbury, UK, is a leading UK importer of timber sheet materials, value added panel products and sawn softwood for the UK residential and commercial construction markets. The Company operates through several business units including Falcon Panel Products, MBM Softwoods, Compass Forest Products, MBM Specialty Forest Products, Triesse and Hoffman Thornwood, each with a successful trading track record and market leading products and brands.
Investment rationale
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To undertake a multiple Owner/Manager Transition, appoint a new CEO and Senior Leadership Team.
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Rearrange and restructure four timber distribution and two timber manufacturing businesses into a coherent whole.
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Grow through the opening of new strategically located depots within the UK.
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Facilitate a strategic reposition towards becoming a leader in value add light-side timber based building products.
key facts
Building products
Jul-21
Investment date
6
Owner-managers transition
11
Sites
520K
Cubic meters of wood deliveries in 2022
>300
Employees
rubicon angle
Missing management elements
Fixable underperformance
esg
Timber and Engineered Wooden Products are gaining share against and substituting for, higher C-footprint materials such as concrete and steel.