private company industry cleaning material and equipment manufacture headquarters rochdale england number of employees 359 website minky.com uk minky is the trading name of vale mill rochdale limited a company based in rochdale greater manchester united kingdom that produces cleaning material and equipment . contents 1 history 2 products 3 royal warrants 4 references 5 external links history edit minky is a family owned and run business that was founded in the mid nineteenth century . in 1987 the company acquired of the relax ironing board company and expanded its product range to include ironing boards and was re branded as minky . in 1993 it acquired besco baron for its cleaning cloth range . the company has two manufacturing units in rochdale one in crumpsall manchester and one in bad honnef germany producing cleaning cloths . the annual turnover of the company in 2012 was 33 771 000 .00 and it employed 359 staff . 1 products edit carpet sweepers cleaning cloths cleaning products clothes horses clothes lines dusters ironing boards ironing board accessories mops scouring pads royal warrants edit in 1994 the company was granted a royal warrant to manufacture and supply laundry and cleaning products to hm the queen . 2 a second warrant was granted in 2013 to supply products to hrh the prince of wales . a wide range of products is supplied to the royal households including hand made conservation dusting brushes for art and antiques . 3 references edit vale mill rochdale limited . worksmart.org.uk . retrieved 9 february 2014 . minky . minky.co.uk . search royal warrant holders . royalwarrant.org . external links edit official website v t e selected royal warrant holders of the british royal family by appointment to hm the queen abels moving services ainsworths angostura limited akzonobel autoglym axminster carpets bendicks bentley motors bollinger britvic bt burberry cadbury carphone warehouse castrol charbonnel et walker daks dhl express dorma ede & ravenscroft fortnum & mason frank smythson gieves & hawkes h. p. bulmer henry poole & co j. barbour and sons james purdey and sons jaguar cars john lewis john lobb land rover louis roederer mappin & webb martini & rossi minky molton brown mo t & chandon nestl procter & gamble uk richer sounds roberts radio ryvita schweppes spode steinway & sons tanqueray twinings unilever uk vauxhall motors veuve clicquot ponsardin waitrose weetabix wilkin & sons william drake wolsey worcestershire medal service by appointment to hrh the duke of edinburgh boots opticians daks ede & ravenscroft frank smythson gieves & hawkes hatchards holland & holland j. barbour and sons james purdey and sons john lobb land rover lyle & scott penhaligon s truefitt & hill by appointment to hrh the prince of wales ainsworths aston martin autoglym bentley motors burberry crabtree & evelyn daks ede & ravenscroft frank smythson gieves & hawkes holland & holland j. barbour and sons jaguar cars james purdey and sons john lobb land rover laphroaig linn products minky penhaligon s peter jones ritz hotel roberts radio shepherd neame taylors of harrogate turnbull & asser vauxhall motors waitrose weetabix winsor & newton category commons retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title minky & oldid 687562766 categories manufacturing companies of the united kingdombritish brandscompanies based in rochdalelaundrybritish royal warrant holders navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 october 2015 at 10 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view