Amor Group Business Technology Solutions
Headquarters Glasgow
, Scotland
Number of locations
Aberdeen, Coventry, Edinburgh, Houston Revenue £33.89 million
[1] (2011) Owner
Lockheed Martin Number of employees
500
[2] (2013)
Divisions Public Sector, Energy, Transport Website
www .amorgroup .com
Amor Group was Scotland's largest independent business technology company
[3] before being acquired by
Lockheed Martin in September 2013.
[4] The business was formed after a £28 million management buyout of
Glasgow based Real Time Engineering Ltd. and
Aberdeen based Pragma, which were under the ownership of the French global IT firm Sword Business Technology Solutions Ltd.
[5] The buyout attracted a Scottish business award for the 'deal of the year'.
[6]
History
In May 2009, Capital Growth Partners (CGP) made and "investment partnership" with Amor Group. CGP exited their investment into Amor Group in September 2013.
[7]
In November 2010, the group purchased global managed services provider DW Technology Services Ltd and inherited its 25 employees.
[8]
In 2011, the group purchased aerospace software business FS Walker Hughes,
[9] incorporating its Chroma Suite products into the group's own Airport product offerings.
[10]
In October 2011, the group purchased London healthcare IT firm, Invisys.
[11]
The group was headquartered in the former industrial tyre building of
India of Inchinnan in
Renfrewshire , although this was referred to by the company as the 'Glasgow Headquarters' on their corporate website.
[12] Other offices are based in
Aberdeen ,
Daresbury ,
Dubai ,
Edinburgh ,
Coventry and
Houston ,
Texas .
[13]
Amor Group operated in the Public, Energy and Transport sectors with clients including the
National Health Service (NHS),
[14] Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR),
[15]
Centrica ,
[16] and
Oslo Airport.
[17] The group is a gold certified
Microsoft partner.
[18]
Amor Group was a portfolio company of Growth Capital Partners.
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Amor Group was purchased by the defence giant
Lockheed Martin in September 2013 for an undisclosed amount.
[19]
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"Renfrewshire-based Amor Group sold to US technology giant" . BBC News. Retrieved 27 October 2013 .
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"IT firms back in Scottish hands after £28m buyout" . The Herald . Retrieved 6 June 2011 . .
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"Amor Group" . GCP . Retrieved 30 September 2022 .
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"Amor Group acquires DW Technology Services" . November 2010. Archived from
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"FS Walker Hughes sold in multi-million pound deal" . Manchester Evening News . 12 July 2011. Archived from
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"GCP backed Amor Group pursues buy & build strategy in acquisition of FS Walker Hughes" . 12 July 2011. Archived from
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"Amor buys healthcare IT company" . 11 October 2011.
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"Amor Group Headquarters" . Archived from
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^ Reid, Scott (13 May 2009).
"Amor sets sights on rapid growth after £28m management buyout" . The Scotsman . Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 June 2011 .
^ Whitfield, Lyn (1 February 2011).
"Amor Group builds for Golden Jubilee" . E-Health Insider . Archived from
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^ Computing, Government (30 March 2011).
"OSCR signs for online system" . The Guardian . London. Retrieved 6 June 2011 .
^ Gourley, Perry (24 May 2010).
"Amor wins 5-year contract with Centrica worth £½m" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 6 June 2011 .
^ Murden, Terry (27 April 2010).
"Amor wins Oslo bidding to track air passengers" . The Scotsman . Retrieved 6 June 2011 .
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"Microsoft Solution Finder" . Microsoft. Archived from
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^ Andrea Shalal-Esa (11 September 2013).
"Lockheed acquires Amor group as part of global expansion plan" . Reuters.
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