Earlex Ltd

Company Description

Earlex Ltd was incorporated in May 1987 and commenced manufacturing in March 1988 the world's first "Do it YEarlex Ltdself" steam wallpaper stripper the model SS100.

Initial production began in an 1100 sq ft building at Merrow near Guildford, employing 3 part time and 1 full time member of staff. After only 5 months production had to move to a 4000 sq ft unit at Godalming. The SS100 was already proving popular and listings had been gained with 3 of the UK DIY superstores. Exports to France, Norway and Australia began in the second year of operation. Turnover for year two was nearly ?million.

An additional factory of 6,000 sq ft was added in September 1989 when the SS50 model was introduced as an additional wallpaper stripper. Exports to Germany, Holland, USA, Spain and New Zealand began in 1990. In May 1990 the Steama Plus Steam Cleaning Kit was launched and an additional 6,000 sq ft factory was added to enable production of this product to commence.

In 1991 production space was increased to 22,000 sq ft with 39 full time staff. The Autopaster automatic wallpaper pasting machine was added to the range of products. This subsequently won the "Best New Product of the Year Award" at the DIY Week presentations.