Amor Group was Scotland's largest independent business technology company before being acquired by

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...

in September 2013. The business was formed after a £28 million management buyout of

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

based Real Time Engineering Ltd. and

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based Pragma, which were under the ownership of the French global IT firm Sword Business Technology Solutions Ltd. The buyout attracted a Scottish business award for the 'deal of the year'.

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. In November 2010, the group purchased global managed services provider DW Technology Services Ltd and inherited it's 25 employees. In 2011, the group purchased aerospace software business FS Walker Hughes, incorporating it's Chroma Suite products into the group's own Airport product offerings. In October 2011, the group purchased London healthcare IT firm, Invisys. The group was headquartered in the former industrial tyre building of

India of Inchinnan India of Inchinnan is now a commercial site in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, that was formerly used for various industrial uses. It includes the former office block of India Tyres of Inchinnan - a Category A listed building in the art deco ...

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, although this was referred to by the company as the 'Glasgow Headquarters' on their corporate website. Other offices are based in

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and

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. Amor Group operated in the Public, Energy and Transport sectors with clients including the

National Health Service The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). Since 1948, they have been funded out of general taxation. There are three systems which are referred to using the " ...

(NHS), Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR),

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, and

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Airport. The group is a gold certified

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partner. Amor Group was a portfolio company of Growth Capital Partners. Amor Group was purchased by the defence giant

in September 2013 for an undisclosed amount.

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External links

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