FRANKLINS INTERNATIONAL LTD
- 54 SCARVA ROAD
BT32 3AU BANBRIDGE, COUNTY DOWN
Phone: (028) 406 22230
Fax: (028) 406 23540
franklins.co.uk
Short profile:
Franklins International Ltd specialise in the manufacture of quality woven and embroidered badge, embroidered pennants, banners, epaulettes, baseball hats, t-shirt, polo shirts and blazer badges. We supply to youth organisations and commercial companies at local, national and international levels within the sports, industrial, fashion and promotion markets.
Detailed description:
A member of the Franklins Group, Franklins International Ltd. (originally William Franklin & Sons Ltd.) was founded in Coventry as a silk weaver, in 1835. It was based at Much Park Street, Coventry, and after marriage to a Franklin was in the possession of the Clarke family from 1913.
Silk ribbon weaving had been established in Coventry and neighbouring villages, from the early 18th century. In the mid 20th century, different locations throughout England, specialized in different products, and Coventry was known for excelling in masonic and military ribbons, school hatbands and badges, and above all in name labels and name tapes.
In the early 1960's William Franklin & Son Ltd. employed 200 people in two plants in Coventry and Nuneaton. A subsidiary company, Wm. Franklin & Son (NI) Ltd., was opened in Banbridge, Northern Ireland in 1961. They were installed in a new 19, 000 sq ft. factory built by the Northern Ireland Ministry of Commerce. This was later, in the mid 1970's, extended to a 35, 000 sq. ft. complex, the Company is one of the largest dedicated woven, sew on badge suppliers in Europe.
Keywords:
banners, embroidery services, baseball hats, Woven Badges, Sweat Shirts, Tax Tabs, Hand Embroidered Blazer Badges, Embroidered Badges