Rubicon Partners Acquires Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited Rubicon Partners Acquires Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited Submitted 11|06|2021 - 9:06am Rubicon Partners (Rubicon) has acquired Airedale Catering Equipment Group Limited (Airedale), a UK specialist in services to the commercial kitchen and catering market. Based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, Airedale provides a fully integrated end-to-end solution including design, supply, manufacture and installation of professional kitchens and maintenance services. Airedale was established by Peter Bywell and John Rhodes in 1985. In 2013, in the context of a management succession, Rob Bywell led a management buyout with the support of Rockpool Investments (Rockpool). The business has expanded rapidly over the last seven years, including through the acquisition of two service businesses which today make it the UKs largest independent service provider to the professional kitchen market with over 200 engineers. Rob Bywell and the Airedale team will remain as shareholders in the business in their existing executive capacities, while Rockpool and some minority shareholders will be selling all of their shares.