Our story

A history of innovation

The Fallshaw Group of companies have engineering roots and proud histories of making products to world standards.

Percy Fallshaw started P Fallshaw, ‘Manufacturer of Wheels & Invalids Chairs’ in 1920, having trained at his family business, Fallshaw Brothers (founded in 1875 by Henry and Daniel Fallshaw, manufacturers of billiard tables and furniture).

It was then managed for 45 years by Robert Fallshaw, under whose leadership the company shifted from wire spoked wheels to injection moulded and press metal formed, modern wheels and castors; developing its manufacturing expertise and building an enviable sales network to make it one of the world’s leading castor companies.

In 1995, Robert expanded the product range, by acquiring Liftmaster Materials Handling and its range of bin lifters.

After Robert’s regretful passing in 2005, his daughter, Jo Fallshaw, took over as the Managing Director and owner, and continues the tradition of developing innovative products, and manufacturing well-designed, cost effective, quality castors, delivered in-full and on-time with great service and technical support.

In 2006, Fallshaw acquired Electrodrive (established in 1987)—with its own proud history in design and manufacture of tugs, bed movers and powered trolleys supported by a service division (Serviced Equipment) providing repairs, maintenance and fitting.

In 2015 the acquisition of Castors and Industrial Products expanded the product range into materials handling equipment.

Today the Fallshaw Group boasts an extensive range of products to help you push, pull and lift.

Intelligently simple product design

Our innovative mobility products are deceptively simple and elegant.

We design for form AND function: with contemporary styling and without unnecessary components or material.

Our greatest compliment is when our customers forget about our mobility products—what do we mean by that?

• Castors should steer true with minimal push effort, low noise, great ride comfort and brakes that work effectively every time.

• Design should be refined, with attractive colour, finish and style, no sharp edges, water resistance and thoughtful people-centred ergonomics.

• Control panels should be so intuitive that you don’t need to read the instruction manual or require more than five minutes of training (the hierarchy of information and graphic design should enhance quick understanding of key information).

• Products should be designed to be fail-safe and ‘idiot proof’, with safety features and devices built-in with great attention to detail and risk aversion.

• Products should be designed with long product life, with minimal and easy preventative maintenance they should soldier on unnoticed.