What Centrilift does

Centrilift (Centrilift Industrial Services Ltd, DBA CentriLIFT) is a UK-based specialist in industrial plant movement, heavy lifting, decommissioning, and installation, incorporated and continuously operating since 1980 from Cranleigh, Surrey, England. The company serves operators of process and packaging plants across cosmetic, chemical, pharmaceutical, beverage, food, and dairy manufacturing sectors, providing controlled dismantling, relocation, and re-installation of production lines and associated equipment. Service delivery is anchored in regulatory compliance under UK PUWER (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations) and LOLER (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations) frameworks, which govern the planning and execution of lifting work in the United Kingdom.

The company's offering is delivered through a network that includes affiliated entities Centriplant Rebuilds and Tank Co. Ltd (process equipment engineering and rebuild) and Centristore (storage), enabling a plant-lifecycle service stack spanning decommissioning, transport, rebuild, and interim storage. CentriLIFT's technical capability rests on multi-decade operating know-how in rigging, jacking, and skid-based plant movement rather than on proprietary software or patented technology. Core operations revolve around careful project planning, equipment mobilization (including cranes, jacks, skates, and trailers), and on-site execution supervised by trained personnel.

The business model is project-based contract work, typically scoped per relocation or decommissioning engagement. Revenue mechanics are driven by project value rather than recurring subscriptions or per-seat pricing, and pricing is established by project quotation rather than published rate cards. The customer profile skews to regulated process manufacturers whose downtime costs and compliance exposure justify specialist contract engagement over internal capability. No public pricing, recurring-revenue mechanic, or active investor capital raising is disclosed in the available data.

Name

Centrilift

Legal name

Centrilift Industrial Services Ltd

Website

https://centrilift.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Centrilift (CentriLIFT) is a UK-based industrial services firm operating since 1980 that provides heavy lifting, plant movement, decommissioning, and installation for process and packaging manufacturers across chemical, pharmaceutical, beverage, food, dairy, and cosmetic sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Plant Movement Services

NAICS

Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (3339), Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Couriers and Express Delivery Services (492110)

SIC

Misc Industrial & Commercial Machinery & Equipment (3590), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Plant Relocation & Machinery Moving (TLADAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Loading/Unloading & Transfer Equipment (Telescopic Conveyors, Loaders, Tipplers) (IMAHABAI)

Keywords

• Plant machinery movement
• Heavy lifting services
• Factory relocation services
• Plant decommissioning
• Industrial equipment installation

Headquarters

HQ city

Cranleigh

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Industrial Services (Movement, Relocation, Decommission, Installation): Service-based revenue from turnkey solutions for plant movement operations including lifting, transportation, decontamination, decommission, dismantling, installation, and storage services. Revenue is project-based, typically involving single engagements or contracts for complete factory relocations and site closures. The company provides both one-time project services and ongoing maintenance relationships with customers in the process and packaging sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Centrilift Industrial Services provides turnkey industrial plant movement solutions, including lifting, transportation, decontamination, decommission, dismantling, installation, and storage of plant and machinery. The company delivers these services primarily to manufacturers in the process and packaging sectors, using an in-house fleet of mobile cranes, forklifts, lorries, heavy lift gantries, and heavy haulage transport supported by a skilled permanent workforce.

Product overview

Centrilift Industrial Services is an independent UK-based company (established 1980) providing expert turnkey solutions for plant movement operations within the process and packaging sector. The company operates a unified service model offering integrated industrial services including: Project Management, Decontaminate/Decommission/Dismantle, Pre-ingress and Site Preparation, Lift/Move Services, Storage Services, Packing and Transportation, and Installation & Maintenance. The portfolio is complemented by an affiliated Engineering Facility operated through Centriplant Rebuilds and Tank Co. Ltd for specialist fabrication and metal working support. All services are delivered by a permanent skilled workforce equipped with mobile cranes, forklifts, lorries, heavy lift gantries, heavy haulage transportation, and comprehensive tools and tackle. The company serves clients across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Movement & Relocation Services
• Lift / Move Services
• Decommission & Site Closure
• Packing and Transportation Services
• Storage Services
• Installation & Maintenance Services
• Project Management
• Pre-ingress and Site Preparation
• Engineering Facility

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• CentristoreminorOthersStorage partnership providing additional storage allocation for Centrilift customers. Centrilift offers permanent or temporary storage with both external and internal facilities, with further storage allocation through Centristore.
• Centriplant Rebuilds and Tank Co. LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEngineering partnership providing complete technical support to Centrilift commissions. The affiliated division includes specialist fabricators and skilled metal workers fully equipped to deliver technical support including line modifications, machinery work and structural modifications for installation projects.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Hird Group: Provider of crane hire, lifting equipment and operator training for industrial plant installation and maintenance projects in the UK. Overlaps with Centrilift on the lift/move and installation side of plant movement work.
• Collett & Sons: UK heavy haulage and project cargo operator delivering industrial machinery, transformer and oversized plant movements. Competes with Centrilift's transport and rigging capability across UK and Northern European plant relocation projects.
• Allelys Heavy Haulage: UK-based specialist in heavy haulage, abnormal loads and project cargo for industrial plant and machinery moves. Allelys is one of Centrilift's closest direct UK rivals for outsize road haulage and on-site rigging of process equipment.
• Aedas Industrial Services: Industrial services contractor offering dismantling, decommissioning, plant relocation and installation for manufacturing facilities. Direct UK/Europe competitor in the same turnkey industrial plant movement niche as Centrilift.

Broad incumbents

• Sarens: Worldwide heavy-lift and engineered transport provider with a very large crane fleet and modular trailer systems for industrial plant moves and wind, oil & gas, infrastructure projects. Overlaps with Centrilift in plant relocation, dismantling and heavy haulage work, but at substantially bigger scale and global footprint.
• Wagenborg Non-Metallics: Dutch heavy-lift and abnormal transport group with non-metallics division serving industrial plant and machinery movers across Europe. Competes with Centrilift on cross-border plant relocation jobs within Europe.
• Mammoet: Global heavy lifting and transport specialist operating cranes, gantries and modular transport for industrial plant relocations and decommission projects. Mammoet serves similar customers (process, petrochemical, energy) but at much larger project scale than Centrilift's UK SME engagements.
• Veolia Environmental Services (decommissioning): Large environmental services group whose industrial decommissioning and decontamination division handles hazardous plant dismantle. Competes with Centrilift's Decommission & Site Closure and hazardous-substance handling work for chemical/pharma clients.

Emerging players

• Osprey Heavy Lift: Specialist UK provider of heavy lift planning, engineering and execution for industrial plant moves and abnormal loads. Directly comparable niche player to Centrilift on plant relocation and rigging contracts.
• MHI Heavy Lift Solutions: Specialist provider of heavy lift engineering, transport and rigging for plant and machinery relocations in Northern Europe. A niche competitor to Centrilift in targeted plant-move tenders.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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