History
Brintons is a privately owned family business, established in 1783. Today, Michael Brinton, the current Chairman, represents the sixth generation.
- 1783
- The first mill is opened.
- 1818
- Brintons silver jubilee.
- 1876
- Brintons head office is built and opened in Exchange Street, Kidderminster
- 1883
- Brintons celebrates its centenary.
- 1890
- After six years of development, Brintons patents the gripper Axminster loom.
- 1904
- Brintons Engineering Department is established. From this day forward the company they make all their looms.
- 1909
- Brintons builds its first broadlooms (all had previously been 27" narrow looms).
- 1933
- Brintons celebrates 150 years in business.
- 1950
- Brintons pioneers the use of the 80% wool 20% nylon blend for carpets.
- 1955
- The British wool quality symbol is registered.
- 1957
- The Royal Warrant is granted to Brintons in recognition of supplying carpets to Royal residences.
- 1966
- Bell Twist is manufactured for the first time.
- 1971
- Brintons USA is formed in order to give the company better representation in the North American market.
- 1975
- Telford expansion makes it the largest carpet yarn plant in Europe.
- 1976
- Brintons becomes the first company to introduce Computer Aided Design (CAD) for carpets.
- 1980
- Brintons' 4.00 metre gripper axminster loom is put into service. The Paris showroom is opened.
- 1983
- Brintons celebrates 200 years in business.
- 1986
- Brintons invests £10 million in a new spinning mill at Telford, UK.
- 1991
- Brintons Industria de Alcatifas Limitada (Brintons Portugal) is built and opened, housing 10 axminster looms.
- 1993
- Brintons Mk15 (5.00 metre) wilton face-to-face loom is developed.
- 1997
- Brintons is awarded the world’s largest ever woven carpet order. 135,000 square metres of custom designed axminster is supplied for the new Chek Lap Kok international airport, Hong Kong. The carpet is woven to withstand the footfall of 35 million passengers each year.
- 1998
- Brintons wins its first Queen’s Award for Export Achievement. Brintons acquires U.S Axminster, Greenville, Mississippi, USA. The acquisition makes Brintons the world’s largest axminster carpet manufacturer.
- 1999
- Brintons' "Spotlight" patented system for dyeing stipple yarns is awarded Millennium product status by the Design Council. It is also British Wool’s "Yarn of the Year". Group turnover tops £100 million. Construction of a new factory in Pune, India begins.
- 2000
- Brintons India is officially opened. The company wins the coveted "Supplier of the Year" in the UK floorcovering industry awards. In addition, readers of Contract Floors magazine award Brintons the accolade of "Supplier 2000", this award is based on quality, customer service, product range and price.
- 2001
- Brintons is awarded the "Manufacturing Excellence Award" (MX2001), beating competition from British Aerospace and Jaguar. The success is recognition of the tremendous progress made by the company in the areas of customer focus, product and process innovation, as well as the efficient use of resources.
- 2005
- Brintons supplies 20,000 square metres of custom woven carpet for P&O's Arcadia. The 83,000 tonne cruise liner is the most luxurious vessel ever built exclusively for British passengers.
- Readers of the magazine Contract Flooring Journal award Brintons "Best Broadloom Product" for its commercial stocked range portfolio.
- 2006
- Brintons supplies over 20,000 square metres of custom woven carpet for the new Wembley Stadium, London, UK.
- Our new design studio in Pune, India is opened.
- Brintons win the BCFA award for "Innovation in Weaving Technology" with the 651 loom which can weave up to 24 colours.
- Brintons win the "Retail Floors" Reader's choice award for media campaign of the year.
- 2007
- Brintons collaborate with leading design duo Timorous Beasties to create "First Weave", a collection of designs which are large in scale and go against almost every conventional rule.
- Elle Decor announce Timorous Beasties by Brintons First Weave collection as a nominee for "Design of the Year 2007".
- Brintons Bell Twist wins "Best Woven Carpet" in the Flooring Industry Awards, 2007.