Armitage Shanks
{{Short description|British bathroom & plumbing manufacturer}}
{{For|the similarly titled song "Armatage Shanks" by Green Day|Insomniac (Green Day album)}}
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| type = Private
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| predecessor = Armitage Ware Limited
| successor = American Standard Companies
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1817}}
| founder = Thomas Bond
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| location_city = Stoke-on-Trent
| location_country = England, United Kingdom
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| locations = 8 factories
| area_served = United Kingdom
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| industry = Bathroom fixtures & plumbing supplies
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| owner = Bain Capital
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| homepage = [http://www.armitage-shanks.co.uk/ www.armitage-shanks.co.uk]
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Armitage Shanks is a British manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies, now part of the group Ideal Standard.
In 2004, Armitage Shanks had eight factories in the United Kingdom, the largest in Armitage, Staffordshire. Armitage Shanks is one of the sponsors of the Loo of the Year Awards.{{Cite web |title=Armitage Shanks {{!}} Bathroom Supplies Online |url=https://www.bathroomsuppliesonline.com/armitage-shanks1/ |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=www.bathroomsuppliesonline.com}}
History
The company that became Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817, by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire. The Armitage "sanitary pottery manufacture" became a successful toilet manufacturer in the United Kingdom. In 1907, Armitage Ware Limited was incorporated.
In 1969, Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited, a competing "sanitary engineering company" that was established in 1878 in Barrhead near Glasgow, Renfrewshire, producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks.{{cite web|url=http://www.barrhead-scotland.com/Culture/history/shanks.asp|title=Shanks of Barrhead|access-date=2009-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312064111/http://www.barrhead-scotland.com/Culture/history/shanks.asp|archive-date=2009-03-12|url-status=dead}}
In 1980, Armitage Shanks was purchased by Blue Circle Industries, and in February 1999, Blue Circle sold its bathroom division (consisting of Armitage Shanks and the Italian Ceramica Dolomite) to United States based American Standard Companies for US$430 million.
Following this purchase, the Armitage Shanks brand continued in the United Kingdom, and their former export markets. American Standard were acquired by Bain Capital in February 2007, and is now majority owned by Sun Capital Partners.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
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External links
- [http://www.armitage-shanks.co.uk/ Official website]
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Category:Ceramics manufacturers of England
Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1817
Category:1817 establishments in England
Category:Bathroom fixture companies
Category:British companies established in 1817
Category:1969 mergers and acquisitions
Category:1980 mergers and acquisitions