Allen Brothers (Fittings)

Sailing hardware and engineered fittings made in Essex for boat builders, sailing teams and industrial customers

Essex, United KingdomFounded 1958allenbrothers.co.uk Website technologies

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About Allen Brothers (Fittings)

Allen Brothers (Fittings) designs, manufactures and supplies sailing hardware, spars and engineering components from its factory in Southminster, Essex. Product categories include blocks, cleats and jammers, sheaves, deck and hull fittings, deck bushes and accessories. In-house capabilities include 3D printing, CNC machining, turning, moulding and pressing, and the company also produces custom-engineered parts and prototypes.

Customers include boat builders, Olympic campaigners, sailing teams and industrial customers, and the company states that it supplies customers around the world. It sells through its online shop, which offers free delivery on orders over £100, and through trade accounts. Many of its components are used outside the marine sector.

The company is registered in England as Allen Brothers (Fittings) Limited, with a founding date of 1958. Its website dates the founding to 1956 and traces the business to fittings made by brothers Tony and Glenn Allen in a garden shed in the 1950s. It is family-owned and led by the third generation of the Allen family.

Product: Sailing hardware (blocks, cleats, jammers, sheaves, deck and hull fittings) plus custom-engineered components and prototype parts.

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Leadership

Glenn Allen · Founder
Source: company website
Tony Allen · Founder
Source: company website

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