October 2011

Premier Forest Products Acquires FG Hawkes (Western LTD.)

Premier Forest Products Limited based in Newport, South Wales are pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase of the stock and certain other assets from the administrators of FG Hawkes (Western) Limited.

This follows the appointment of administrators on the 3rd October 2011, when the directors placed the company into administration after failing to resolve the company's financial problems.

The company traded as RKL Plywood from premises in Swansea, Bristol, Londonderry, Tilbury and Old Kilpatrick near Glasgow.

The consideration for a seven figure sum included all the UK trading stock, intellectual property rights, customer lists and some fixed assets.

The intellectual property rights included the rights to use the trading name, domain name and all product names and logos of the business including Q Board and Pinedeck.

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