Manufacturing Today Issue - 240 September 2025 | Page 70

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Apleona UK’ s journey has benefited from targeted acquisitions and winning exciting projects – all of which have been integral to its expansion. In 2023, for example, the company finalized the acquisition of JCW Energy Services( JCW). Based in Cambridgeshire, JCW specializes in M & E and in particular HVAC solutions, and so was a natural enhancement to Apleona UK’ s existing capabilities.
“ The acquisition of JCW has strengthened our national coverage; it brought over 250 skilled and qualified engineers to the business – deployed all across the UK – almost overnight,” Mark elaborates.“ It deepened the mobility of our self-delivery capabilities, and, from that, we now offer a more robust, technically led FM service with even better reach and responsiveness for our clients across the entire breadth of the UK.”
In August 2025, Apleona UK was thrilled to announce its most recent acquisition of Corrigenda, a technical FM specialist situated in Hampshire. Marking Apleona UK’ s third acquisition since 2022, the
▲ Mark Graham, Commercial &
Integration Director
▲ Adrian Connor, Managing Director, Apleona UK development further confirms its marketleading position and the continuity of its upwards growth trajectory.
Such acquisitions, however, aren’ t the only investments that Apleona has made to augment its operational efficiency and geographical presence. Digitalization has been a major part of Apleona UK’ s growth, particularly with the increased accessibility of AI, which has taken over several of its previous IoT technologies.
“ IoT is still a valid technology today in specific circumstances, but much of our technology has transitioned into more AI, data-driven interfaces,” Adrian explains.“ AI is much more readily available now and has given us the ability to develop our own platforms that plug straight into the building systems. Being able to monitor energy and utility consumption in real time helps us to optimize building efficiency for our customers and importantly prevent downtime.”
Mark continues:“ The power of the tools that we deploy for our customers is interesting because we’ re able to drill down into the asset remotely and often reduce needless
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