Palmer Primer

COMPANY PROFILE

Palmer Primer was established in 1969 by Colin Palmer and his first wife Christine to offer a timber priming service to local timber and joinery manufacturers who were still priming timber by labour intensive manual labour and the paint brush. Christine handled the administration and accounting sides of the business whilst Colin set to work on the design and manufacture of a simple-to-operate portable priming machine to satisfy these needs. Having designed & built a mobile timber priming machine from scratch, he then went on to provide a fast & efficient timber priming service to local timber merchants and timber importers who wished to offer this priming service to their customers. As the customer base for timber priming grew through the 1970's and early 1980's Colin realised that there was an growing demand for this painting service, so he decided to withdraw from offering a mobile priming service, and to design, manufacture, and sell these timber painting & priming machines to timber merchants, joinery manufacturers & timber importers in the UK. The name Palmer Primer rapidly spread through the industry as a means to increase & improve priming production & profit for minimal capital outlay. The business continued to expand as timber merchants & importers realised the profits to be made by offering reliable & fast in-house timber priming & painting services to their own customers.

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