Totectors
{{Short description|British brand of safety footwear and other workwear}}
Totectors are a British brand of safety footwear, and, formerly, other workwear, notably steel toe-capped boots and shoes. The name was synonymous with steel capped boots in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries,{{Cite book|title=Illustrated Dictionary of Podiatry and Foot Science| author=Jean Mooney| publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|date=2009|isbn=978-0-702-0480-1-2}} being referred to in that context, for example in Offshore Operations Post Piper Alpha.Offshore Operations Post Piper Alpha: London, 6-8 February 1991
History
B. Denton and Son, the original manufacturer, was founded in the nineteenth century, but the steel toecaps were the result of war-work. In World War II, many new recruits to the coal industry were suffering foot injuries. George Denton travelled to the United states in 1944 to secure the rights to the patented steel toecap from Arthur Williams.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/shoetrade/totectors100yrs.html|title= Wilkins and Denton - Totectors - 100 Years|work=Rushden Research/Rushden Heritage|accessdate=19 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218031456/https://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk/shoetrade/totectors100yrs.html|archive-date=18 February 2020}}
By the late twentieth century Totectors were in an "advance state of automation."Rooks, B.W. (1996), "Robots bring automation to shoe production", Assembly Automation, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 22-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/01445159610126366
In 2005 Totectors became UK distributors of Puma Safety Footwear, with twelve TotectorsPuma styles, six boots and six shoes.{{Cite journal
| date = 2005-05-01
| journal = Forestry & British Timber
| page = 38
| title = Totectors take on Puma.
| volume = 34
| issue = 5
| url = https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=17063421&site=eds-live
| access-date = 2024-06-05
| url-access = subscription
}} All of them had steel toe caps, and ten styles had steel midsoles, anti-static properties and water resistance.
In 2022 Travis Perkins signed a distribution deal with Totectors/IBG.{{cite web | url=https://professionalbuildersmerchant.co.uk/news/international-brands-group-totectors-travis-perkins/ | title=Travis Perkins signs distribution deal with Totectors | date=6 October 2022 }}
Totectors are now a brand of International Brands Group, who also own Hi-Tec.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|totectors.co.uk}}
- [https://rushdenheartsandsoles.co.uk/shoetrade/totectors100yrs.html Rushden Hearts and Soles] History of Totectors
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