Pelsis Group employs 600 people across 15 sites in Europe and the US. : Knaresborough-headquartered Pelsis Group is to be acquired by specialist investment manager Pamplona Capital Management next month. The company has a turnover of £150 million, employing 600 people across 15 sites across Western Europe and the US - developing products from mosquito traps to mole repellers. For the past four years it has been owned by Lloyds Development Capital, the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group.