Company Profile Scolmore... and more!
With its 30th anniversary on the horizon, Scolmore Group Marketing Director, Marie Parry, looks at the growth of the company over three decades, from an initial product range of just six items to the current offering of more than 9,000.
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colmore Group holds the position of one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of solutions for the electrical industry,
with a portfolio of products that incorporates electrical accessories, lighting, home automation, fire protection, security, cable accessories, time switches and heating controls. In 1989, Scolmore Group was founded by
Chairman, Barry Mordue and his son Gary, the current Managing Director. They started out supplying 13A UK three pin plug tops from a small warehouse in Tamworth in the West Midlands. At that time they had just six product lines and three employees. By 1993, the company had sold 18 million plugs in one year and still remained a privately-owned, family-run business. Today, the company operates from a purpose- built 150,000sq ft head office and distribution centre – still in Tamworth – where it designs, develops and manufactures an ever- expanding product range for distribution throughout the UK and worldwide. The Scolmore Group of companies incorporates Scolmore United Kingdom; security specialists, ESP Ltd; cable accessories supplier, Unicrimp, and Click Litehouse wiring accessories and lighting in Ireland. Earlier this year the Group acquired the Glasgow-based, specialist supplier of time switches and heating controls, Sangamo. Established since 1921, Sangamo has an excellent reputation and offers an extensive product range. Its acquisition significantly expands the Group’s UK manufacturing capabilities, enabling the company to bring even more products and solutions to its customers.
Scolmore Group is helping to future-proof the industry as official partner for the NICEIC and ELECSA National Apprentice of the Year competition.
Across the group companies, Scolmore
currently employs some 215 people and has a significant number of trading accounts and distributors covering wholesale, OEM and export channels. A dedicated export team works to distribute wiring accessories into the Middle East and Africa and there is worldwide distribution for the company’s patented IEC Lock.
Listening to customers Scolmore is proud to be a British-based, family- run business and has earned a reputation both here and abroad for quality, reliability, innovation
and exemplary service. We have an excellent track record for listening to our customers and responding with solutions that will enhance their business performance. We can never be accused of being complacent
– we value our customers too highly for that. We are committed to our policy of only supplying through the wholesale channel, which is set up to supply and service the professional electrical contract market. This joint partnership guarantees our wholesale partners a range of high-quality, value-for-money products backed up by good local stocks, delivery service and the ability to offer detailed product support via trained staff and installer training, making sure the end user gets the best possible products and solutions for the job. As a privately-owned family business, with a
hands-on managing director, the company is able to make decisions quickly and react to market changes to deliver improved products and services. Scolmore has a reputation for innovation – the
Scolmore’s Click Smart range has brought easy to install and operate smart solutions to the market.
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result of a commitment to invest in new and improved products and the latest technologies. We are proud of the achievements we have made along the way. The company was the first to market in 2005 with fire-rated downlights, with the award-wining FlameGuard fire protected and acoustic rated products. We were also the first to
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