Minky

Minky Homecare is a trading name of Vale Mill (Rochdale) Limited. The company has a long history. A family owned and run business, it can trace its roots back to the mid nineteenth century in Rochdale, Lancashire. The company's tradition is in knitting yarn and processing foam. In the 1970's, Minky was the first brand in the UK to introduce pre-packed cleaning cloths. In 1987, the family expanded into ironing boards, with the acquisition of the Relax Ironing Board Company. Re-branded as Minky, the ironing boards have gone from strength to strength as successive innovations have been added. Today, mesh surfaces, oval rests, steam generator rests and infinite height adjustment are taken for granted - such is the impact of Minky's designers. Using our ironing board know-how, we also turned our attention to indoor airing. At the time, most people used wooden or wire airers. Tubular indoor airers in a variety of guises are now commonplace and Minky is recognised as the country's leading brand. In 1993, the company acquired Besco Baron. Although bought for its cleaning cloth capacity, garden and conservatory furniture became part of the company's portfolio. This is marketed under the Summer Castle brand. To find out more about Summer Castle, click www.summercastle.co.uk. The following year, the Royal Household granted a warrant to reflect its supply of both laundry and cleaning products. At the turn of the millennium, Minky moved into the garden with a range of innovative rotary airers. Well built and packed with novel features, these airers proved tremendously popular and even today still represent the benchmarkfor design and quality. With a view to European expansion, a selling office was set up in France and in 2001, the German company Delu AKO was acquired. Despite the popularity of modern dishwashers, most households continue to wash some of their pots and pans by hand. In 2002, the Dish Jet was introduced. This handled based system was more pleasant touse than conventional scourers and allowed a variety of refill heads to be matched to the cleaning task. More recently, the company has introduced new ranges of bath sponges and has even entered the toilet seat market. Imagine a seat which soft closes! With such a long heritage of innovative thinking, the Minky brand has a proven track record for making household work simpler, more pleasant and quicker. And what of the future? We've more ideas and more great products planned, so return to our site soon, and see what's new.