Wood preservative and specialist paint manufacturer Rustins Limited purchased Clam-Brummer Limited last month and will be the custodian of the company’s brand and products.

Clam Brummer, like Rustins, is a family-owned business, which has been established for more than 80 years. Brummer manufactures a range of wood fillers, woodcare products and adhesives for specialist exhibition, museum and display applications, and Peel - a wallcovering release coat. The company also manufactures Charter, an aluminium wood primer. Rustins has said that, following the sale, combined administration and logistics will make it easier for stockists to order and sell the products, which will continue to be made in Britain with the current formulas.

Brummer has already changed its registered address to that of Rustins in Northwest London and owners Jane and Nigel Oram have left the board of the company, while Rustins CEO Edward Krawitt has joined and is now the sole director.

In 2013 Rustins bought competitor Briwax, when owners Tony and Martin Bollom retired, adding the Briwax brand of wax polishes to its wooodcare range.