Two of our current senior trimming development staff started the company Neale and Partridge on this very business park twenty years ago, five years ago Dave Cox joined Neale Partridge and collectively they changed the name and formed Protrim Ltd.

In 2008 Dave Anderson joined Protrim and became the Sales and Marketing Director, In 2009 the company teamed up with our new major share holder Mr Paul Sullivan and the company was re-branded as Tender 47. All the key staff from 20 years ago still remain within the new company Tender 47.

Many people ask where the name Tender 47 comes from. The answer is simple, it was the name of our very first project with Wally Yachts. Tender 47 for the 2008 Monaco Yacht Show.

The Vision of Tender 47

When Dave Anderson joined us in 2008 with the clear intention to market the company as the “best of the best” with a niche customer base that had a keen eye for fine detail and a requirement for absolute trimming perfection.
Dave Cox the Operations Director of Tender 47, and former co-owner of Protrim says, “In the last five years Protrim has grown gradually building up a wonderful unmatched reputation, but I feel the time has now come to take the company to the next levels, and to market our fine company on a grander and global scale. We are obviously very well known and highly respected in the Automotive industry and our latest venture into the marine and aircraft industry will offer us the chance to grow further and show off our skills to a broader market, the introduction of Dave Anderson and Paul Sullivan to the family will be the exact catalyst we need to reach this goal.

The Players in the Tender 47 Team

Paul Sullivan
CEO
Paul has been a successful businessman in the automotive industry for many years owning a string of companies in and around the Coventry area. He is also on board of the Coventry Chamber of Commerce.

Dave Anderson
Global Sales and Marketing Director
Dave served his apprenticeship at the Jaguar Motor Company, and former co-owner of Anderson and Ryan the very successful trim development and trim manufacturing company. Dave has had 25 years working within the trim development and manufacturing automotive industry.

Dave Cox
Operations Director
Dave served his apprenticeship with Aston Martin, he has spent the last five years co-owning Protrim Ltd. Prior to that Dave has worked for over twenty years in this industry and has spent many years working around the world supporting the interior trimming on numerous show vehicles. He has worked on projects in Japan, California, South America, South Africa and all over mainland Europe. Dave still enjoys the “hands on” side of the business and is happiest producing the stunning interiors that he is renowned for.

Martin Flemans
Design / Development Director
Martin served his apprenticeship with Anderson and Ryan; he joined Protrim in 2008 after spending 8 years with his former company as a trim development engineer. Martin has quickly developed as a very competent trim development engineer and has been recently requested by Aston Martin to support with the interior trimming of the 177 show vehicle.
Dave Anderson says “Martin is a rare diamond in our industry, well ahead of his years and his attention to detail makes him a perfect addition to the Tender 47 team”.

Steve Neale
Trim Development Engineer
Steve was former co-owner and director of Protrim. Steve served his apprenticeship at Vauxhall Motors in the styling studios. Steve has spent all his working life supplying the finest trimming in our industry. His reputation is global and has worked on show cars for most of the major car companies.
Dave Cox says “Steve Neale and Mick Partidge are simply two of the best trim development engineers I have ever worked with. The quality of their work is as near to perfection as you can get, it has been an absolute pleasure to work with these guys over the years”.

Mick Partidge
Trim Development Engineer
Mick was a former co-owner and director of Protrim. Mick served his apprenticeship at the Wolverton Carriage Works, before joining Vauxhall styling team where he met Steve Neale. The rest as they say is history, with Mick and Steve embarking on a trimming partnership career that has now lasted over 30 years producing the best quality of trimming our planet has to offer.

Glen Pantony
Trim Development Engineer
Glen is world renowned and respected trim development engineer working on the most prestigious motor cars for the major shows, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Tokyo. We are delighted that Glen has joined the Tender47 team. He is a real asset to the company moving forward.

The Production Team
Tender 47 have a select team of highly skilled sewing machinists and assembly workers. This team supports our niche limited edition projects. Recent customers to benefit are Aston Martin and McLaren cars.

 

The Forward Thinking of Tender 47

Collectively and for many years our team of trim engineers in various guises have produced the finest show interiors for the world’s leading automotive manufacturers and Tender 47 are now taking this vast experience to other trimming sectors. It is well known and often said that the quality of trimming in the automotive sector is of a much higher standard than the quality currently displayed in the marine and aviation industry. With this in mind we feel we are ideally placed to take our skills to these two additional markets and help raise the bar.