company traded as lse gftu industry building materials founded 1902 ; 114 years ago 1902 headquarters dublin ireland key people michael chadwick chairman gavin slark ceo revenue 2 212.0 million 2015 1 operating income 128.2 million 2015 1 net income 96.5 million 2015 1 website www.graftonplc.com grafton group plc is a united kingdom & ireland based builders merchants business . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was established by william chadwick as chadwicks dublin ltd in 1902 . 2 it subsequently became concrete products of ireland . 3 it was the subject of an initial public offering in 1965 and building materials company marley subsequently took a 51 % stake . 3 michael chadwick bought out marley and renamed the business grafton group in 1987 . 3 in march 1998 it bought british dredging a united kingdom builders merchants . 4 in february 2003 it bought jackson building centres another british builders merchants based in lincolnshire . 3 in october 2003 it also bought plumbline scotland s largest independent plumbers merchants . 5 in june 2004 it bought heiton group ireland s largest independent plumbers merchants . 6 in december 2006 it then bought plumbworld one of the united kingdom s largest online bathroom retailers . 7 in august 2013 it bought wearside builders merchant thompsons 8 in october 2013 it bought binje ackermans a brussels based merchanting operation 9 and in december 2013 grafton group opened 10 showrooms and launched a brand new website called bohen which focuses on the bathroom kitchen and bedroom industry . 10 then in september 2014 it bought direct builders merchants a general merchanting business based in kent 11 and in december 2014 it bought crescent building supplies a builders merchant based in ruislip . 12 in march 2015 it bought tg lynes a distributor of mechanical engineering products 13 in january 2016 it bought t brewer a london timber distributor 14 and in march 2016 it bought allsand supplies a general builders merchant located in kent . 15 operations edit the company owns the buildbase plumbase woodies civils & lintels selco & jacksons brands . 16 it also has a number of businesses that trade exclusively online . 17 references edit a b c annual report 2015 pdf . grafton group . retrieved 9 april 2016 . michael chadwick grafton group business & finance 2010 a b c d beating the budget blues the independent 10 december 2011 grafton is tracking british dredging . www.independent.ie . 10 march 1998 . plumbline duo cash in as grafton enters scotland . www.scotsman.com . 7 october 2003 . grafton boosted by heiton buy construction news 13 september 2005 plumbworld appoint new deputy managing director journalism 13 august 2012 robert gibson 29 august 2013 . thompsons merchants acquired for 3.8 m by grafton group . journallive . retrieved 9 april 2016 . grafton group acquires binje ackermans for 20.5 m . independent.ie . retrieved 9 april 2016 . campaign unveiled to launch new kitchen bedroom and bathroom brand bohen . retrieved 31 december 2013 . grafton group buys kent based direct builders ... morningstar . morningstaruk . retrieved 9 april 2016 . will ackermann 4 december 2014 . ruislip based builders merchants bought out by multi billion pound firm . getwestlondon . retrieved 9 april 2016 . grafton group acquires tg lynes . retrieved 9 april 2016 . grafton group acquires london timber firm t brewer . the irish times . 5 january 2016 . retrieved 9 april 2016 . grafton group acquires allsand supplies . retrieved 9 april 2016 . grafton group suffers from bad weather builders merchant journal 6 may 2010 grafton merchanting buys online merchant builder s merchant news 30 june 2010 external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining 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