8 THE WORLD OF HOSPITALITY
CATERING EQUIPMENT
Kitting out the work force
Dublin based uniform and workwear ways to expand their range. According
manufacturer Uniformal have announced the to Sinead Keegan, head of design and
opening of their new showrooms in Fashion production at Uniformal - “we have recently
City – Dublin. The recently expanded 15,000 partnered with a leading Italian tannery to
square foot facility also includes an in-house introduce a new collection of stain resistant
design studio and in-house manufacturing leather products to our offering. We now
facility. carry leather aprons and matching leather
accessories across eight colorways in this
According to Managing Director Barry Mc
amazing new leather. We have also added
Cabe - “the new showroom, which is only 15
many luxuries premium suiting and dress
minutes from the city center will act as a one
fabrics to our tailored range”. Sinead is also
stop shop for any bar or restaurant owner
keen to introduce the latest addition to
or hotel manager looking to source premium
the design-room staff at Uniformal - Sheila
quality, on-trend uniforms and workwear
Salvador from Spain. “Sheila is very well
for their staff”. In addition to designing and
regarded in the sector and brings with her a
manufacturing their own collection of staff
perfect blend of Continental design influence
clothing and custom aprons, Uniformal also
and industry know-how”.
stock a wide range of workwear collections
from around Europe that you won’t find
When asked what the year ahead had in-store
anywhere else.
for the company, Managing Director Barry
Mc Cabe explained - “there are a number
The company specialize in creating
contemporary and hardwearing bespoke individual uniform and workwear collections of existing international hotel contracts in
uniforms for top hotels, bars and restaurants from scratch. The company proudly includes the pipeline for Uniformal and that with this
throughout Ireland, The UK and beyond. luxury five star hotels such The Shelbourne, increased ongoing interest from overseas, we
Their stylish and functional uniform clothing The Merrion and The Westin as clients along have now appointed two new distributors in
and workwear range spans from couture with international drinks companies such as the UK and are in the process of appointing a
dresses and hand-tailored frockcoats to their Irish Distillers / Pernod Ricard, Diageo and number of additional European distributors.
trade-mark hand-crafted leather and canvas Brown Forman and they say that to-date they bar aprons. have gained most of their business through
word of mouth.
Uniformal collaborates with brands and
Uniformal will be exhibiting at PUB-19 in
the Olympia London on the 5th and 6th of
February 2019 however if you can’t wait
companies of all sizes and backgrounds both As a design-focused company Uniformal are until then, they can be reached on +353 1
here in Ireland and internationally to create constantly working on new and innovative 4295730 or [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.uniformal.ie