39 Years With Kent Stainless

Innovation has been at the heart of expansion at Kent Stainless, now a leading player in the landscape and street furniture market in Ireland and the UK

In 2001, Wexford County Council completely pedestrianised the main street in Wexford. This was followed more than a decade later with the repaving and pedestrianisation of Selskar Square. These two landmark projects allowed Kent Stainless to showcase to visitors what could be achieved with the use of highend paving combined with suitable recessed access covers, drainage, and street furniture.

MARKET LEADER Dublin Docklands soon followed this lead and the first major design specification for these kind of projects in the UK was achieved when the architects for Wembley Stadium were made aware of these developments. What followed on has led Kent Stainless to become one of the largest players in the UK market for landscape and street furniture products. Famous projects include Battersea Power Station, The Shard, Greenwich Market, King’s Cross, Stratford International Quarter, and One Tower Bridge.

PRODUCT RANGE Starting out with stainless steel bollards, cycle stands, balustrade and litter bins in the 1990’s, the stainlesssteel street furniture range at Kent Stainless has grown enormously. Its stainless-steel seats and benches are complemented with the use of corten steel, along with oak, cumaru or iroko timber, while its planters and planter edging are most popular in bronze powder coated. Tree protection pits and tree guards are made mostly in stainless steel but also in corten, with decorative laser- cut patterns. Stainless steel tactile warning strips and studs are used in railway station platforms and streetscape projects while the company’s stainless-steel traffic light poles are used in city centre locations. Kent Stainless has also installed steel bus shelters and tram stop shelters in some of the country’s largest rail projects. Now in its 39th year in 2021, the company is completing a major factory expansion investment and its workforce has grown from 120 to 150 in the past two years. www.kentstainless.com

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