Auto Windscreens
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| Auto Windscreens | |
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Limited Company (No. 07518924) |
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| Industry | Automotive glazing |
| Predecessor | Auto Windscreens Ltd (No. 01011907) |
| Founded | March 3, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Britannia House, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2UZ |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Rupert Armitage |
| Services | Windscreen repair and replacement |
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Number of employees
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440 (at March 2013) |
| Parent | Trifords Ltd |
| Website | autowindscreens |
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Limited company (No. 01011907) |
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| Industry | Automotive glazing |
| Fate | In liquidation (administration 14 Feb 2011) (closed 25 Feb 2011) |
| Successor | Trifords Ltd (No. 07518924) |
| Founded | May 20, 1971 |
| Defunct | February 25, 2011 |
| Headquarters | Britannia House, Storforth Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2UZ |
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Number of locations
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Manufacturing plant Distribution centre Call centre Fitting centres (68) Mobile fitting units (550) |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
| Services | Repair and replacement Original Equipment Manufacturer |
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Number of employees
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1,042 (2011) |
| Parent | Heywood Williams Group (1986-1998) HSBC Private Equity (1990-2001) RAC plc (2001-2008) Arques Industries AG (2008-2009) Moguntia Invest (2008-2011) Deloitte (administrator) (2011) |
| Website | autowindscreens |
Auto Windscreens is a United Kingdom automotive glazing company specialising in windscreen repair and replacement. It is owned by Trifords Ltd and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Working predominantly with insurers, brokers and fleet management customers, the company operates a nationwide fitting centre network that utilises a mobile fleet of trained technicians. It is one of the largest windscreen replacement operations in the UK, with hundreds of employees working across its sites and at its Chesterfield-based customer service contact centre.
Auto Windscreens was established in 2011 after the collapse of the previous company, which had operated since 1971.
The company was founded by an entrepreneur(brian holmes) in 1971. It was incorporated on 20 May as Auto Windscreens (Chesterfield) Ltd, as company number 01011907. was part of national windscreens.In 1982 it opened its own manufacturing facility in Chesterfield. In 1986 it was purchased by the holding company Heywood Williams, whose businesses portfolio at the time included the UK's largest glass distribution company. In 1988 the company was renamed to just Auto Windscreens Ltd, and in 1989 to Heywood Williams Automotive Ltd. Having sold the glass distribution business in 1990 to Pilkington, Heywood Williams sold the Auto Windscreens company to HSBC Private Equity in 1998, for £77.2m, reverting to the name Auto Windscreens Ltd. HSBC left the existing management structure in place, with the intention of a trade sale or flotation at a later date.
A trade sale by HSBC followed in 2001, with the company being sold to the group Lex Service plc for £112m. Lex were also the owners of RAC Motoring Services Ltd, one of the largest automotive road-side repair recovery companies in the UK alongside The Automobile Association, and re-branded and renamed the company as RAC Auto Windscreens and RAC Auto Windscreens Ltd. The takeover positioned the company as the contracted supplier to other Lex Group insurance companies, and expanded the visibility of the RAC brand through the Auto Windscreen's vehicle fleet. Having purchased the RAC business from the Royal Automobile Club in 1999, Lex Group renamed themselves RAC plc in 2002. The RAC Auto Windscreens business was included as part of the deal to buy RAC plc by the global insurance group Aviva in 2005.
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