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A HISTORY OF












































                                 Marling and Evans is born
                                 and as a start up produces
                                 high end fashion textiles
                                from its site at Stanley Mills.
                                 Supplying fashion houses
                                 such as Jaeger, Burberry,
                                   Brooks Brothers and
                                     Aquascutum.
                        1922







                                                                Marling and Evans is merged
                                                                 with Marlings Industries,
                                                                solidifying the choice in the
                                                               companies current brand name.



                       1960                                           1970




                Peter Griffiths                                                                 Early
           establishes Marling Industrial      1966                                         1970s
            Felts  which manufactures
           industrial textiles alongside
              Marling and Evans.


                                         The London Felt Company is                  Marlings begin pioneering the use
                                         conceived which supplies fibre               of modular format carpet pads for
                                          bonded flooring products to                 raised access floors, cutting their
                                          customers including Heuga                      fibre  bonded products to
                                          Roshag, Marley Floors (of                       specific dimensions.
                                            Marleytex) and other
                                         commercial flooring pioneers.


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