L G Harris & Co Ltd

L. G. Harris & Co Ltd is a British manufacturer of paint brushes and decorating products founded in a workshop in Birmingham in 1928. It is the largest manufacturer of decorating paint brushes and painting products in the UK. The family-run firm was acquired by Norwegian consumer products group Orkla Group in May 2016.

Founder Leslie G. Harris moved his workshop to Stoke Prior, Worcestershire in 1937. After completion of new buildings on Hanbury Road in 1959, and new warehousing in 1974 the company was operating from a 220,000 sq ft works, and in the 1980s owned over 2000 acres of woodland within a 20-mile radius as a source of the hardwood for the handles of its brushes. The company expanded abroad investing in a Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise in China.

In 1961, the company was awarded the Royal Warrant by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, for supply of its pig-bristle brushes and decorating tools to the Royal Sandringham Estate. The founder, Leslie G. Harris, ran his business on "Quaker principles", and was a major sponsor of arts and music during the 1960s.

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