Grafton Group Completes Acquisition of Mercaluz

Grafton Group plc, is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement on 19 March 2026, it completed the acquisition of Componentes Eléctricos Mercaluz, S.A., Mercaluz Hogar, S.L.U., EAS Electric Smart Technology, S.L.U. and Mercaluz Canarias, S.L.U.  (together "Mercaluz") on 30 April 2026.

Mercaluz is a family-founded Spanish group that is predominantly a distributor of domestic and commercial air conditioning equipment and some white goods and home appliances to professional SME installers, with c.10,500 customers in 2025.  

This acquisition reinforces Grafton's position in the fast-growing Iberian HVAC market and and is a further step in the Group's ambition to build a significant business distributing construction related products and solutions in Iberia, following the acquisition of Salvador Escoda in October 2024. 

Commenting on the acquisition, Eric Born, CEO of Grafton Group plc said today:

"We are very pleased to have completed the acquisition of Mercaluz.  We look forward to working with the management team and colleagues to support the development and ongoing organic expansion of the Mercaluz brand in the fragmented Iberian marketplace".

Source : Grafton Group plc

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