The manufacture of Spur, a brand that is synonymous with quality and practicality, commenced in the UK in 1952, and is still manufactured here today.
The first Spur system, with its robust components and adjustable design, helped revolutionise shelving and brought it into the modern world.
In 1957 the company was acquired by Savage Industries Ltd., whose wartime role was to manufacture search lights and aircraft detection systems. With a strong engineering base in Watford and sales operations in several continents, they were able to propel the business from a single product brand to a global leader in the field, with the brand becoming a household name during the 1960s and 70s.
In the mid-1990s, Spur was taken over by Mckechnie plc, a highly respected industrial conglomerate, who owned numerous home improvement manufacturers and were able to expand and consolidate the brand. McKechnie itself was subsequently acquired by Newell Rubbermaid.
A huge influx of poor quality copied products from the Far East caused the Spur manufacturing operations to close in late 2006. In 2007 Storage Solutions Ltd rescued the former Spur Shelving facility in Devon, gradually acquiring the Spur assets and re-launching various product lines.
Peter Sully, founder and Managing Director of Storage Solutions Ltd says: “Our ethos has been to improve the manufacturing efficiency and quality of our products, which are all made here in the UK. After 10 years of recessionary challenges we are now able to compete head on with the once cheap Asian competition. New products have expanded Spur from the commercial and DIY sector to also offer industrial systems, and we hope that over the coming months and years we will see our products enter many new markets in the post-Brexit era.”
More information can be found at: www.spurshelving.co.uk
