The Bond Group was formed in 1980 initially to provide an installation and shop fitting service to major retail customers.

Over the course of the last 25 years, Bond has grown into the UK's number 1 company for cabinet refurbishment, with a turnover in excess of £ 15 million and 200 employees.

Based at Sheerness in Kent, but with branches at Stoke, Swindon and Falkirk, The Bond Group provides a full UK service and response from its UK branch network.

Our production line offers flexibility through its multi discipline workforce, and currently operates with a lead-time of 4 weeks.   It is possible as an exception to produce cases on our Express Build Program in as little as 2 weeks, however this service does incur a cost premium.

To feed our refurbishment lines, Bond has developed a pattern parts manufacturing service, and now has over 75,000 parts on file for most manufacturers cabinets including; - Linde, Koxka, Carter, Radford, Craig Nichol, Norpe, and many more.

All parts are manufactured to original specifications, or are upgraded to meet today's requirements for more versatility, or different material choices in colours or stainless steel etc.

To give continuity to our customers while their stores are undergoing work, Bond provides a full cabinet hire service for chilled, frozen and fresh products.   This service is available from 1 day to indefinite, and is used by many retailers for supplementary refrigeration during busy trading periods such as Christmas.

The Bond Group is a recognised developer of new products and modifier of current designs.   At our Kent facility, we have a full EN 441 test facility where products developed or re-worked by our specialist R & D department can be fully tested to ensure they meet today's stringent test criteria's.

In 2003, The Bond Group opened a new production line devoted to building new specialised small run cabinets.

Through the Constellation range, Bond offers a full range of products to suit high and low temperature applications as well as a range of serve over equipments aimed at fresh or immediate consumption products.

Bond has an overall combined capacity of approximately 12,000 cabinets per annum, but plans have already been made to build a new 30,000 sqft extension at our Sheerness plant to increase our capacity further.

The Bond Group has many customers within the UK and also works in Europe.

The Bond Group - History

1976 - Bond Building Maintenance Limited Formed

1982 - Creation of cabinet installation dept.

1986 - Parts dept starts production.

1989 - Start of cabinet refurbishment dept.

1994 - Opening of EN441 R & D facility

1995 - Bond Display Equipment formed

1996 - Service dept formed

1996 - Establishment of a nationwide branch network

1998 - Bond starts supplying new cabinets

1999 - Management buy out - Bond Retail Services Formed

1999 - Installation of a new powder coat plant

2000 - Cabinet hire division established

2000 - Expansion of manufacturing with the addition of 3 new machines

2000 - Increase in manufacturing area and storage space to 230,000 sqft

2001 - Cabinet disposal facility opened

2002 - Bond starts production of Brunel serve-overs for Greggs PLC

2003 - Bond moves into the Brand marketplace with a new agreement for refurbishment      storage and distribution

2004 - Bond opens a dedicated storage and logistics division

2005 - Bond designed and manufactured Aurora range launched

1998 to 2000 – GBP £ 4,000,000 invested in production & equipment