The company that became Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire.

The Armitage “sanitary pottery manufacture” became a successful UK toilet manufacturer. In 1907 Armitage Ware Limited was incorporated.
In 1969 Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited, a competing “sanitary engineering company” established at Barrhead near Glasgow, Renfrewshire in 1878, producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks.

In 1980 Armitage Shanks was purchased by Blue Circle Industries, and in February 1999 Blue Circle sold its bathroom division (consisting of Armitage Shanks and the Italian Ceramica Dolomite) to U.S. based American Standard Companies for US$430 million. Following this purchase, the Armitage Shanks brand continued in the UK, and their former export markets. American Standard were acquired by Bain Capital in 2007 and is now majority-owned by Sun Capital Partners.

If you have antique taps from the Armitage Ware factory, or Shanks items for refurbishment, get in touch.

Keith – 07583 406 571