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IPD Group is a national distributor and service provider to the Australian electrical market. IPD can trace its history back to the 1950s when it was a division of English Electric, a company which specialised in the manufacturing of fuse links, switchgear and overhead busbars. In 2005, the management team acquired the industrial product distribution business from what was then Alstom in an MBO and IPD was formed.

Through organic and inorganic initiatives, IPD has successfully expanded its operations to nine locations across six states to provide a truly national offering to its customer base. In addition to this, IPD commenced outsourced operations in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2010 to provide low cost and scalable support services to its Australian operations, before establishing its own Sri Lankan subsidiary in 2019.

IPD consists of two core divisions:

• The distribution of products for quality global electrical infrastructure brands such as ABB, Elsteel, Emerson and Red Lion; and
• The provision of services, including installation and commissioning, calibration and testing, maintenance and repairs and refurbishment.

IPD operates in the Australian electrical market and has direct and indirect customers in various end markets including but not limited to commercial construction, infrastructure, resources, education, food and beverage, water and waste management, power utilities and renewables, healthcare, residential construction, data centres, hospitality and tourism. Within these end markets there are particular segments which are experiencing high growth including industrial control systems security, data centres, renewable energy and electric vehicles.

It is anticipated that IPG will list on the ASX on 17 December 2021.