Euro Car Parts has announced the acquisition of leisure specialist Arleigh Group as part of a further expansion into specialist products.

Arleigh, which operates under the trading names of Arleigh International, Nova Leisure and Midland Chandlers, is a distributor of products and accessories to the caravan, holiday home, motorhome and inland marine markets.

Having started trading over 45 years ago, Arleigh has demonstrated consistent organic growth as well as growth by acquisition through a variety of market conditions, offering over 13,000 product lines to its loyal customers.

Martin Gray, ceo of Euro Car Parts, said: “With the purchase of Arleigh, we not only gain the expert knowledge from the highly trained and knowledgeable employees, but more excitingly see the Euro Car Parts customer proposition widen further.

“The Leisure sector presents an ideal growth opportunity and we are delighted to have gained a well-respected, market leading supplier in this field.”

Alastair Thomas of Arleigh added: “We are delighted to enter into an ownership with Euro Car Parts. Currently we see so many best practices that we can share, which will ultimately end up in the consumer benefiting, whilst protecting current supply agreements.”