A brief history of Conservatory Blinds Limited
The business was established in May 1995 selling pli-sol pleated blinds and French pinoleum blinds, both of which were highly exclusive in the mid-late 90's. We were also one of the first conservatory blind specialists to create our own web site in 1998.
In 2000 we became a limited company (Conservatory Blinds Ltd) and moved to our showroom in Ewell, near Epsom in Surrey.
At the end of 2001 we established our own conservatory blinds manufacturing facility near Ashford in Kent. This allowed us to develop the manufacturing process to achieve a much higher quality than ever before and provide truly made to measure conservatory blinds.
During 2003 and 2004 we moved away from self-employed subcontract fitters (the norm in this industry) to employing our own full-time salaried installers. Although more costly, this has allowed us to install our blinds with a much greater attention to detail than previously thought possible, the results of which can be seen in our exceptional customer feedback.
Fabric Control Cording was added to our Solar Design™ shaped pleated roof blinds in 2004 making them fit and operate much better, as well as preventing the fabric from "fanning-up" when the blinds were retracted. Whilst this added to the cost of manufacture, the improvements in appearance and operation were significant.
In 2005 we moved to a larger 6,000 sq. ft factory in Ashford (where we currently are) which has allowed us to make a lot of improvements, as well as cope with a much higher demand. We now manufacture up to 25,000 conservatory blinds a year.
2006 saw us introduce our SolarDesign™ roman blind system for conservatories with softer solar-reflective fabrics.
Innovative Pure™ technology became available in 2007 which allows blinds to be recess-fitted to awkward shaped glazing beads on UPVC windows without creating any light gaps between the fitted rails.
After 3 years of co-development we launched the SOLO™ remote control system in April 2008 - the only system designed completely and specifically for remote control conservatory blinds.
In 2009 we further developed our SOLO™ remote control system so that it can control up to 99 blinds individually.
January 2010 launched a new range of cheap conservatory blinds aimed at competing with retailers selling very basic blinds into conservatories. Our new budget pleated blinds offer much better quality - but the same low price.
We launched our uniue ASPECT™ gable blinds in March 2010. These blinds can be manufactured and installed to not only fit any gable neater than other pleated blinds, but are completely retractable - leaving no wires or cords covering the glass.
2011 has seen us introduce two new colours to our standard hardware colour range (Green and Golden Oak) as well as expand our manufacturing base into an additional factory unit, allowing us to establish our own powder coating facility so that we can start colouring all of our aluminium components in-house.
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