Our Companies

Arran Isle has an outstanding portfolio of international companies with market leading brands focused on the Architectural and Fenestration Hardware markets.

  • Architectural Hardware

    • Carlisle Brass

      Carlisle Brass

      Carlisle Brass is the largest developer of architectural hardware and ranked #1 by size, in both UK and Irish markets.  We have the broadest range of our own design, door and window furniture covering contemporary and traditional styles in a range of finishes.  Carlisle Brass products are aesthetically beautiful and, pound for pound, outperform our competitors.

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    • Eurolite

      Eurolite

      For 20 years Eurolite has been supplying some of the highest quality decorative switch plates and associated accessories to wholesalers across the UK.  We offer a comprehensive range of switch plates in a number of styles and finishes, both traditional and contemporary.

      Local final assembly means that we offer next day delivery and very high service levels, which along with knowledgeable and friendly customer support, combine to provide a compelling proposition to our customer base.  We also offer customisation and bespoke solutions including grid systems, AV plates and other bespoke designs, to precisely meet our customers’ needs.

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      Locks and Hardware

      We’re proud to be the Irish market leader in architectural hardware.  We offer the complete Carlisle Brass range of brands to architectural ironmongers, merchants and developers.  We also offer pre-pack and door pack offerings tailored specifically to the Irish market.  All our ranges are backed up by very high service levels, local customer service and national coverage.

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  • Fenestration Hardware

    • Mila

      Mila

      Mila is a pan-European distributor of technical door and window hardware to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) of all sizes.  It has operations in the UK, Ireland, Scandinavia and the Baltic States.

      Since 1972 it has provided a full range of products to allow manufacturers to produce innovative, high performance doors and windows.  This is achieved by a relentless focus on service and innovation in its growing range of door and window technical locking & hinge systems, as well as its decorative door and window furniture.

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    • Mila Maintenance

      Mila Maintenance

      Mila’s specialist UK maintenance business are leaders in the repair, maintenance and replacement of window and door hardware in the social housing, commercial office, health and education sectors.

      With close to 30 years’ experience across a wide range of customers, Mila Maintenance offers cost effective, safe and effective preventative and responsive maintenance services.  Their primary focus is on service, but with emphasis on resident care, social value and integrity in everything that it does.

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      Window Ware

      Window Ware offers a complete range of door and window hardware for the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) fabrication market comprising leading European brands such as Maco, Yale and specialist Xpert branded tools.  This gives customers a very competitive and high quality offering – all provided on a next day delivery basis across the UK.

      Window Ware also has a growing trade counter onsite at Bedford which serves customers seeking to repair or replace PVC door and window hardware. The trade counter product range features security products, industry specific tools and consumables.

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  • Global Sourcing and Manufacturing

    We have the structure and scale to offer customers in all our markets access to the benefits of our integrated global sourcing and manufacturing capabilities.

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    Arran Isle Global Sourcing

    Each year the c20 strong Arran Isle sourcing team in China provides technical, quality and commercial sourcing skills for the procurement of c$40 million of products.

    We design new products in close co-operation with our customers using experienced design teams based in each major market.  Throughout this process, we work with our engineering, sourcing and quality teams based in the Far East to identify the most appropriate manufacturing partner.

    Our dedicated team in the Far East manages all aspects of the supplier relationship from initial vendor assessment and qualification, product industrialisation through to routine production, quality assurance and shipping.

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    APC

    The Group also has its own lock, hinge and emergency door hardware manufacturing facility (APC) based in the Zhejiang province of China.

    Every product produced by APC is manufactured in accordance with ISO 9001:2008.  APC is independently audited on a regular basis so that it can also product products certified to:

    a. Certifire Protection

    b. CE Marking, and

    c. NSI Kite Marking

    By exercising this level of control, Arran Isle can provide customers with the assurance that their products are genuinely produced to these standards every day of every year.

    APC operates to the same international standards of health and safety that are applied right across the Group.  Every company is independently audited for health and safety standards by external specialists.