Creative Technology (CT) has announced that, following the acquisition of the company by NEP in January, the UK division of its sister company Mediatec will be merged with the company and rebranded.
The change, which will take effect from 1 April 2017, will see the Mediatec UK team continue to operate from its current premises in Sunbury-on-Thames, relocating to CT’s Crawley headquarters in the second half of 2017.
Mediatec UK has provided LED screens and associated production services to a small portfolio of prestige clients across the sporting and corporate event sectors since 2003. The merger with CT gives the team access to a significantly larger pool of technical and operational resources.
Dave Crump, CEO of CT Group commented: “CT and Mediatec have enjoyed a close, albeit competitive relationship over many years. Several of the current Mediatec UK contracts started life with us and we have always enjoyed similar operating cultures alongside a healthy exchange of personnel and, occasionally, clients.
“Bringing the businesses together will provide enhanced opportunities for the majority of the staff and allow us to offer their clients a broader range of technology and services.”
Kenneth Patterson, president of Mediatec Solutions in Sweden, added: “We have a great team in the UK who have done some excellent work, however they have always been somewhat limited by lack of local inventory and the distance/cost of operating from Sweden.
“Joining forces with our friends, and now colleagues, at CT is the ideal way to take the business forward and to allow the team to develop. I would like to thank the people at Mediatec UK for all of their commitment over the last 15 years and wish them the very best for the future.”
