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Dennison Trailers – Irish design & manufacturing since 1964 | Season 2 - Episode 58

👋 Hey friends! In our second video on Dennison Trailers we are exploring the origins of the company and their journey of excellence in design & engineering. Welcome to Ireland Made. We celebrate stories of Irish transport past and present. If it has wings, wheels or it floats, we share the story. ⬇️ Can you share a story about your favourite Dennison trailer? Comment below ⬇️ 🛎️ Subscribe to our channel so you never miss an upload go to YouTube Link:    / @irelandmade   for new videos! When you look at the trailer being towed by a truck on the roads of Europe you will likely see the Dennison logo. For almost six decades and with over 65,000 trailers produced, the Dennison family have been one of the leaders of trailer design and manufacture with a “built to last” philosophy by their highly skilled and experienced workforce in Ireland and the UK. The company strapline is “Dennison - we are right behind you”. The Dennison trailers story begins in Glengormley, Co Antrim in north-east Ireland in October 1964 when the brothers set themselves up in business as ‘Dennison Brothers’. New regulations had just introduced a 30 tons gross limit for articulated trucks and trailers. Having design and fabrication skills, an entrepreneurial spirit and a workshop in Ballyclare lent to them by their father, they built a single axle trailer with a Scammell coupling. First Dennison Trailer: Model: A12L Chassis: 001 Year: 1965 Built: Glengormley Coupling: Scammell Automatic coupling: 5 tonnes Axle: 9 tonnes Gross plated weight: 14 tonnes Cost: £325.00 That trailer was advertised for sale and bought by Thomas Gallagher & Son, Londonderry. He then bought a second trailer paying £325 pounds for each unit. Both trailers were handed back to the company by Tom Gallagher in 1977 and preserved at the family’s Vintage Hall at the Naas factory, which is not open to the public. The Dennison product line began to expand and in 1967 they built their first tandem trailer and sold it to Teddy McErlean from Portglenone for £1,100. In 1969 with continued expansion the company achieved two milestones, the production of their 1,000th trailer and the building of a new 10,800 sq. ft production facility. In August 1970 Jim, Wilson and George Dennison set up ‘Dennison Commercials’ and obtained the Volvo agency for Northern Ireland. In 1971, Dennison’s trailers were partially bought out by the American Crane Fruehauf company. In 1972 the Dennison group secured the agency for Volvo trucks in the Republic of Ireland and formed Irish Commercials, in Naas, Co Kildare. By 1976 the remainder of the trailer company had been sold to the American Crane Fruehauf company. Following the sale and while abiding to a 5-year non-compete clause, Dennison’s became the first and only company in Ireland to develop and manufacture their own truck tractor units. By 1981 the family decided to close the truck manufacturing business and by 1982 a greenfield site was purchased in Naas, Co Kildare and an 8,000 sq. ft. production facility was built and just a few years later in 1988 a new production facility was set up in Lancaster, UK. The development by the company of the sliding skeletal trailer, in 1991, was a significant milestone and it remains the most popular model of trailer sold by the company today with 25,000 units sold. By July 2008, 37,500 Dennison trailers have been built and the company achieved ISO 9001: 2000 accreditation. In 2014, Dennison’s Trailers Ltd was 50 years old and major celebrations are held in Ireland and UK. Two new directions for Dennison’s occur in 2017 when steel company and supplier of CKD (Complete Knock Down) trailer kits Mettech Ltd (located in Naas) is acquired by the group and Crick Trailer Sales is set up in Rugby, Warwickshire. Expansion and investment continue across the Dennison group with a new factory extension in Lancaster in 2019, new R&D offices on the Naas site in 2020 and in 2022 revolutionary new technology for laser cutting machinery and automated welding equipment. Our thanks to George and David Dennison and to Aidan Kinsella for giving Ireland Made access to their Vintage Hall and private collection. Do you use a Jubilee clip in your workshop? Check out our downloadable tribute print to this great tool https://irelandmade.ie/shop/ Follow Ireland Made for the latest! Facebook Link:   / irlmade   Instagram Link:   / irlmade   Check out the Ireland Made website www.irelandmade.ie to view our back catalogue of Irish transport videos. Do you have an Irish transport story past or present you would like us to feature? Email us here info@irelandmade.ie Feel free to share on social media. This post is copyrighted© to Ireland Made® Not to be copied or reproduced without permission. Sources of Information Dennison Trailers Ltd #irelandmade #dublinmade #dennisontrailers #manufacturing #engineering #ireland