22/10/2026
In the 1950s, Norman Hall, who later became Chairman, recognised that cork and steel spring isolation alone wouldn't be enough to compete as rubber mounting technology advanced. A partnership with Dunlop Special Products brought rubber-to-metal bonded mountings into our range, a foundation which still applies on many of our rubber isolation pIn the 1950s, then-Chairman Norman Hall recognised that cork and steel spring isolation alone wouldn't be enough to compete as rubber mounting technology advanced. A partnership with Dunlop Special Products brought rubber-to-metal bonded mountings into our range, a foundation which still applies on many of our rubber isolation products.
In 1983, we won a landmark contract with The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). This three-year project allowed the company to purchase its offices and factory in Tonbridge, which is where we still operate from today.
Decades later, projects like isolation systems for generator sets and electrical transformers at One New Change, a 560,000 sq ft office and retail development in the heart of London, show how far that foundation has carried us, across the marine, construction and industrial sectors.
