The Crosby Group acquires Airpes
8 December 2021Crosby extends acquisition portfolio into the wind energy and industrial markets.
The Crosby Group, a global lifting, rigging, and load securement hardware equipment manufacturer, has acquired Spanish company Airpes Sistemas Integrales de Manutencion Y Pesaje S.L. (Airpes). Now part of The Crosby Group, Airpes will go to market under the Crosby Airpes brand.
Airpes, based in Barcelona, develops and manufactures lifting, handling, and weighing solutions for customers in the wind energy and industrial markets.
Airpes will be part of The Crosby Group’s expanding Technology Solutions portfolio, along with Crosby BlokCam, Crosby Straightpoint, and its investment in Verton.
Robert Desel, CEO of The Crosby Group, said, “We are thrilled to expand our Technology Solutions’ product portfolio with the acquisition of Airpes. Airpes is a leading innovator in the lifting industry with deep domain expertise in the wind energy and industrial markets, and shares our core values of safety, reliability, and innovation. This acquisition expands The Crosby Group’s industry-leading role and commitment to supporting safe and efficient lifting, rigging, and securement for the renewables market. We are thrilled to welcome the Airpes team members to The Crosby Group and will be extending our employee Ownership Plan to all Airpes employees.”
Josep Compte, managing director and co-founder of Airpes, added, “This is the next exciting stage of our journey. Leveraging The Crosby Group’s global footprint, technical field support and training team and world-class hardware, together we will bring Airpes’ solutions to more sites and make the lifting and renewables industries safer and more efficient.”
