LCE staff and management will remain with the business but the company will now be known as Christeyns Czech Republic.

LCE was established in 2003. It supplied laundry chemicals and offered technical advice and in addition to its base at Odry, where there is a small production unit. There is a subsidiary in Warsaw, to supply and support the Polish market.

The deal with LCE marks a further stage in Christeyns’ expansion, giving it a manufacturing base from which to supply Czech Republic, Poland and also Austria and Hungary.

Work on expanding the Czech factory will start soon.