[ News listing ](/insights/insight " News listing") 15 Aug. 2018 ## Expanding our commercial expertise ### Acquiring other businesses helps expand our expertise and broaden our reach. Here, we look at three of our latest acquisitions, Grays Commercial Waste, Downings Recycling and Glazewing. ### GRAYS COMMERCIAL WASTE **On Monday 21 May we acquired Grays Commercial Waste, which included waste transfer facilities at two depots in North Wales. This acquisition allows us to internalise previously sub-contracted National Accounts collections, and it also means our operational presence now stretches across all of North Wales.** This was a strategic acquisition ahead of a new energy from waste contract starting in Deeside, North Wales (just on the border with England) in mid-2019, which will facilitate more competitive treatment costs and pricing within this area in order to attract new customers but more importantly, retain our existing customers. A total of 30 staff members have moved across from Grays to join our team. ### DOWNINGS RECYCLING **On 18 June Veolia acquired Downings Recycling Ltd in Stafford. Having operated in local and surrounding areas for over 30 years, Downings is a well established and much-respected family business, providing a high-quality service to around 400 businesses.** The acquisition covers three collection rounds, providing paper, mixed recycling and general waste services. In addition, Downings also operates a small fleet of skip and roll-on, roll-off vehicles. Our Stoke Service Centre will now offer further value-added services to our new customers which will include food, cardboard and glass collection services. ### GLAZEWING **The acquisition of Glazewing’s trade waste business completed on 2 July, which saw us take over the company’s site in Cambridgeshire. The acquisition will deliver operational efficiency improvements as service areas are consolidated.** With the acquisition, we welcome four members of the Glazewing service team and one account manager to Veolia. Their local experience will be invaluable moving forward. ### + FOLLOW US