___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Garador
From pioneering design to cutting-edge automation, Garador blends British manufacturing with German engineering
Originally formed as part of Westland’ s Engineers Ltd in 1948, as part of a diversification strategy away from military products, Garador Limited was established to manufacture one piece garage doors. Soon after, Westland’ s purchased a license from Canada to manufacture one piece up and over garage doors and became the only manufacturer of such doors in the UK through the 1950s. A purpose-built garage door manufacturing facility was constructed in Yeovil in 1958 and the first Garador branded garage door was manufactured that same year.
Garador is wholly owned by the Hörmann Group, a large German garage door manufacturer and was acquired around the year 2000. The acquisition champions the combination of German engineering with British manufacturing, and Garador’ s Yeovil factory has seen significant investment from Hörmann.
Today, Garador is one of the UK’ s largest manufacturers of up and over and sidehinged garage doors, and a leading supplier of sectional and GaraRoll roller garage doors. With a focus on continual investment in both production technology and product development, Garador is at the forefront of modern garage door manufacturing. Over the last 25 years, the company has invested over £ 24 million in production technology and now has one of the most modern garage door manufacturing
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facilities in Europe, enabling production of a range of high quality, reliable products at affordable prices.
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