Fenner PLC

Fenner PLC
Public (LSE: FENR)
Industry Polymers
Founded 1861
Headquarters Hessle, England, UK
Key people
Mark Abrahams, Chairman
Nicholas Hobson, CEO
Revenue £820.6 million (2013)[1]
£85.5 million (2013)[1]
£49.2 million (2013)[1]
Number of employees
5,272 (2013)[1]
Website www.fenner.com

Fenner PLC is a leading British-based manufacturer of industrial belting and other polymer-based products. It is headquartered in Hessle and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

History

The business was founded by Joseph Henry Fenner in 1861 as a manufacturer of leather belting at Bishop Lane in Hull, England.[2] In 1921 it diversified into textile belting and subsequently into polymer belting. In 2006 the Company initiated a major expansion in Ohio, United States.[3]

Operations

The business is organised into the following units:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Preliminary Results 2013" (PDF). Fenner. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  2. "Fenner plc Celebrates 150 Years". The Institute for Chemistry in Industry. 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. "Port Authority to finance Fenner Dunlop expansion". Toledo Business Journal. 2006. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
  4. "Fenner: What we do". Fenner. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
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