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he company was established in 1972 by Mervyn Wilson who remains its driving force, and is joined in the business by his family. Determined to offer top-quality bedroom furniture and beds at good value prices and to give customers the highest possible level of service, he opened the first Starplan factory in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in 1978, employing 10 staff. As the company developed, the factory was expanded with more showrooms opening around the UK. Starplan quickly became a pioneering force in the beds and bedroom furniture manufacturing / delivery / installation sector. Today, with a 150,000 sq. ft. purpose-built factory boasting stateof-the-art machinery and a 210-strong workforce, Starplan is a leading directsales bedroom furniture company delivering to over 15,000 homes in the UK every year. However, it remains very much a family business which will always put the customer first, and has retained its headquarters in Dungannon. At Starplan, you can choose from one of the widest ranges of bedroom furniture in the UK - from free-standing bedrooms to luxurious fitted bedrooms, with a fantastic choice of colours, styles and budgets to suit everyone. The company’s focus is on giving exceptional service from design and manufacturer through to delivery and installation. All employees are professionally trained and the level of customer care afforded to the consumer from Starplan is simply second to none. When it comes to best-quality fitted children’s bedrooms, modern bedrooms and traditional bedrooms, sliding wardrobes; free-standing furniture from Solo, Solsbury and Allure; and Vono beds, Starplan won’t be bettered. “Mervyn started selling furniture as a one man operation before opening his
first premises outside Dungannon and starting to manufacture,” Starplan transport manager Declan Rafferty explains. “In the 1970s he built a factory in Granville Industrial Estate and that served us until 2002 when he opened the existing state-of-the-art facility close to Dungannon, which serves as our manufacturing base and also has a showroom built in. “This is our flagship premises. All the manufacturing takes place here and the furniture is then shipped to England
through McNeill Transport in Ballyclare.” Declan, who joined Starplan in 1984, oversees a fleet of 12 vehicles out of Dungannon, a further nine out of the Birmingham depot and seven out of the Warrington depot near Manchester. In 2010, he oversaw the installation of a Navman wireless tracking system in Starplan’s fleet of delivery trucks. The decision was taken as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to operating an effective fleet in order to guarantee an exceptional level of customer service.
Star quality Dungannon-headquartered Starplan is the UK’s largest bed and bedroom furniture manufacturer, selling directly to customers from its factory stores in Northern Ireland and Britain. CONTACT DETAILS 94
Starplan 173 Killyman Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone BT71 6LN Tel: 028 8772 3663 www.starplanbedrooms.com IRISH TRUCKER & LIGHT COMMERCIALS