SCX Special Projects, a UK based engineering company, which created and supplied the mechanism for the sliding Tottenham Hotspur stadium turf system has seen support for further growth following the acquisition and investment from Elysian Capital II LP.
Based in Wincobank, Sheffield, SCX Special Projects is a specialist engineering company providing design and engineering for complex lifting and materials handling and kinetic architecture projects.
Founded in 1992, the company built a reputation for providing high quality solutions for materials handling including bespoke cranes for the Royal Navy and the nuclear energy sector. Safety and reliability are critical in these demanding and challenging environments.
Using their expertise from these lifting projects, SCX Special Projects solved challenges for moving structures and completed the design and supply of the All England Club’s Centre Court roof at Wimbledon in 2005. More recently, it has delivered the roof for Number One Court and the world’s first retractable pitch at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur’s new multi-million pound stadium.
Following the acquisition, SCX Special Projects is now reviewing a significant number of potential overseas opportunities.
CEO Andy Whitworth said: “We are very excited about the next phase of SCX Special Projects. Our growing reputation, helped by recent high-profile projects, has generated significant enquiries especially from overseas, a market we have only recently started to develop.
“The support of Elysian Capital will allow us to take advantage of the international opportunities that we are now seeing.”
Simon Eastwood, retiring chairman of SCX Special Projects, said: “Having worked with Andy since 1992 and seen the development of SCX into a world leading materials handling and kinetic architecture business, I am delighted to have found a partner who can help take the business to the next level and, as a continuing shareholder, look forward to its future success.”
James Cunningham, Partner at Elysian Capital, said: “With its recent flagship kinetic architecture projects at Tottenham and Wimbledon and its longstanding leading position in bespoke materials handling in the nuclear, aerospace and defense markets, SCX Special Projects has demonstrated the quality of its design and engineering work. We are delighted to be working with Andy and his team to take the business forward in the UK and internationally.”
