NEWS & EVENTS
CELEBRATING 70 YEARS
EURAMAX
Euramax looks back at its journey and how the company has changed
Yorkshire based window and door
manufacturer Euramax is celebrating its 70-
year anniversary. Incorporated in 1950 as a
family run business, Euramax now employs
150 people, operates from a 205,000
square foot facility and manufactures
over 3,000 products a week. Boasting
an impressive number of firsts in its 70
years, the company has also witnessed the
paradigm shift from cost-effective windows
and doors to luxury, double-glazed
materials.
Originally founded as Ellbee, the company’s
journey began in Leeds, manufacturing
aluminium window frames for narrowboats
and the automobile industry before
partnering with a glazing company to supply
pre-glazed aluminium windows.
In the 1990s, Ellbee became the first
company in the UK to supply unplasticised
polyvinyl-chloride (PVCu) windows to the
static caravan market. It also became the
first to develop an internal clamping system
for efficient window installation, which is still
widely used in the industry today. As the
company expanded, Ellbee moved to its
first of three factory sites in Leeds in 1964.
In 1996, Euramax International was formed
and in 2013 the company moved to its
current facility in Barnsley. After the arrival
of managing director Nick Cowley in
2019, Euramax broke into the portable
building and modular construction markets.
At present, Euramax manufactures and
supplies PVCu windows, doors and
composite doors for a number of sectors,
including the holiday home and home
improvement markets, as well as builders’
merchants, including Wickes, Selco and
Travis Perkins.
“Euramax has transformed into a company
that adapts to support its customers’
marketplace,” said Nick Cowley, managing
director at Euramax. “Following trends and
analysing the requirements of our sectors
has allowed us to expand our customer
base to a number of home improvement
customers and builders’ merchants, leisure
home and modular home manufacturers
across the country.
“The caravan market has changed
dramatically since the 1960s. Static
Caravans that were not highly regarded
and were considered popular for those who
couldn’t afford to travel abroad, have now
been developed into impressive modern
homes. As the style, size and purpose
of these products developed, so did the
requirements of Euramax’s products,”
continued Cowley.
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