Knutsford-headquartered engineering group Amec Foster Wheeler has snapped up a Scottish company which works in the oil and gas industry.
Scopus Group, which is headquartered in Aberdeen, employs 200 staff and provides scanning, dimensional control and lean engineering data which is used for piping and structural services in the oil and gas sector.
The business said Scopus will continue to offer independent services to its clients while building on Amec Foster Wheeler's presence in 50 countries and customer base.
"This acquisition forms part of our growth strategy by further strengthening our project delivery capability across the upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas sectors," said Alan Johnstone, managing director of Amec Foster Wheeler's Brownfield Projects business.
"Combining Scopus' specialist expertise with our wider capability, geographic coverage and customer relationships will further enable us to deliver cost-effective services across the whole life-cycle of a project. In particular, the enhanced lean engineering capability will allow us to provide a low-cost solution at the late-life stage of a facility prior to decommissioning."
Amec completed its £2bn takeover of Foster Wheeler last month.
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