FULTON UMBRELLAS IS PROUD TO NOW BE THE LARGEST SUPPLIER OF QUALITY UMBRELLAS AND RAINWEAR IN THE UK.
WE ARE THE TRUE SPECIALISTS WHEN IT COMES TO UMBRELLAS AND ARE PASSIONATELY COMMITTED TO PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF DEVELOPMENT BY DEALING WITH THE BRITISH INFLEMENTARY CLIMATE.
QUALITY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SUCCESS AND WE USE ONLY THE HIGHEST SPECIFICATION MATERIALS AND RIGOROUS TECHNICAL STANDARDS BEFORE HAND-FINISHING EACH PRODUCT.
OUR GOAL IS TO “BRIGHTEN UP YOUR DAY” BY OFFERING YOU A WIDE RANGE OF RAIN PROTECTION PRODUCTS TO SUIT YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO FUSIONING FUN AND STYLISH DESIGNS WITH QUALITY MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR FULTON PRODUCT TIME AND TIME, CONFIDENT IN THE KNOWING THAT IT IS DESIGNED TO LAST
A BRITISH BEGINNING
IN 1956, IN A SMALL FACTORY IN WHITECHAPEL, EAST END OF LONDON, ARNOLD FULTON, AN INVENTOR AND MECHANICAL ENGINEER, BEGAN DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING UMBRELLAS, AND FULTON UMBRELLAS WAS BORN.
ARNOLD’S DEDICATION TO RELIABILITY AND EFFICIENCY, AND HIS PASSION FOR IMPROVING UMBRELLA FRAME DESIGN, LED HIM TO EXPERIMENT WITH SPECIALIZED MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO IMPROVE QUALITY AND SIMPLIFY UMBRELLA MANUFACTURING IN A WAY THE UMBRELLA INDUSTRY HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
BASED ON THE SAME CORE PRINCIPLES OF EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION TODAY, LEADERED BY ARNOLD’S SON, NIGEL, FULTON IS NOW A GLOBAL RAINWEAR BRAND, PROTECTING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM RAIN EVERY YEAR ACROSS EUROPE, THE USA, CANADA, RUSSIA, ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AUSTRALIA.
FOR A GENERATION
TO THE OTHER
OUR LONG BRITISH TRADITION, QUALITY AND FASHION DESIGN HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED AROUND THE WORLD AND THE COMPANY IS VERY PROUD TO HOLD A ROYAL WARRANT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AND PREVIOUSLY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN MOTHER. ADDITIONALLY TO THIS, OUR UMBRELLAS ARE REGULARLY USED BY TRH THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN THE QUEEN MOTHER SAW OUR FULTON BIRDCAGE UMBRELLA AND THINKED THAT ITS UNIQUE PVC DOME COVER WOULD OFFER BETTER PROTECTION, AS WELL AS ENABLING HER TO REMAIN AS VISIBLE AS POSSIBLE IN THE WETEST CONDITIONS. THE BIRDCAGE SOON BECAME HER FAVOURITE UMBRELLA, AND THIS TRADITION HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN WHO NOW USES THE FULTON BIRDCAGE BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD, IN A RANGE OF BEAUTIFUL COLOURS TO COORDINATE WITH HER WARDROBE.
ON MARCH 25, 2009, FULTON WAS HONORED WITH THE HONOUR OF WELCOME HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH TO ITS HEADQUARTERS IN EAST LONDON DURING AN OFFICIAL STATE VISIT, WHERE WE PRESENTED SOME OF OUR FASHION DESIGNS, PRODUCTION PROCESSES AND LATEST TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS.
REVOLUTIONARY UMBRELLAS
AT FULTON, WE ARE CONSTANTLY PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVITY, COMBINING TECHNOLOGY WITH EVERYDAY USABILITY. OUR PASSION FOR INNOVATION HAS LED TO SOME REVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTS IN UMBRELLA DESIGN, IMPROVING BOTH PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY, AND FULTON HOLDS NUMEROUS PATENTS AND REGISTERED DESIGNS.
DURING THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF NEW UMBRELLA FRAMES, TECHNICAL RESEARCH IS UNDERTAKEN BY A TEAM OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS WHO DESIGN SPECIALIZED COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS TO MAXIMIZE OVERALL PERFORMANCE.
ALL OUR UMBRELLAS ARE SUBJECTED TO RIGOROUS TESTING FOR STRENGTH, SAFETY AND DURABILITY AND WE ALSO USE EXTREME STRESS TESTING IN A WIND TUNNEL AT IMPERIAL COLLEGE IN LONDON. PLUS, THROUGH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE RANGE OF QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT ALL OUR UMBRELLAS MEET OUR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
FASHION INSPIRATION
INSPIRED BY THE RUNWAYS OF NEW YORK, MILAN, PARIS AND LONDON, FULTON’S EXPERT IN-HOUSE DESIGNERS EXPERTLY TRANSLATE CUTTING-EDGE FASHION TRENDS INTO UMBRELLAS AND RAINWEAR.
OUR EYE-CATCHING SEASONAL RANGES ENCHANT THE LATEST DESIGNER INFLUENCES, WHILE MAINTAINING A SOPHISTICATED AND BALANCED OFFERING TO ENSURE WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
BY COMBINING THE AESTHETIC DESIGN OF OUR PRODUCTS, FROM FASHION PRINTS TO THE DESIGN OF HANDLES AND CASES, TOGETHER WITH THE TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE CRITERIA THAT ARE THE BASIS OF EACH UMBRELLA, WE ENSURE THAT FULTON PRODUCTS ARE FUNCTIONALLY AND VISUALLY UNIQUE.
DESIGNER
OF FULTON
SETTING US APART FROM THE REST, FULTON BEGAN TO COLLABORATE WITH EXCITING BRITISH DESIGNERS STARTING WITH CATH KIDSTON IN 2003. WE WERE CONTINUOUSLY CONTACTED BY DESIGNERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR ACCESSORY COLLECTIONS AND THIS GAVE RISE TO THE IDEA OF CONNECTING THE BEST OF FULTON WITH THE BEST OF THE WORLD OF DESIGN, A FIRST FOR THE UK UMBRELLA INDUSTRY.
TO DATE, DESIGN COLLABORATIONS HAVE INCLUDE LULU GUINNESS, ORLA KIELY, WILLIAM MORRIS, SIMEON FARRAR, ELLA DORAN, JULIE DODSWORTH AND MOST RECENTLY JOULES. IN ALL CASES THESE EMINENT DESIGNERS HAVE OPTED TO DUAL BRAND OUR PRODUCTS WHICH IS A TRUE TESTIMONY TO OUR REPUTATION AND QUALITY AND WE ARE IMMENSELY PROUD TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH ILLUSTRIOUS NAMES.
