lse hwdn industry furniture founded 1995 headquarters london united kingdom key people will samuel chairman matthew ingle ceo products kitchens and joinery revenue 1 220.2 million 2015 1 operating income 221.9 million 2015 1 net income 175.4 million 2015 1 website www.howdens.com howden joinery group plc is the parent company for the howdens joinery business howdens a supplier of kitchens and joinery products which are sold to small builders . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . history edit the company s old logo howdens was established in 1995 as a business unit within mfi furniture group plc mfi . 2 in october 2006 mfi sold its loss making mfi retail business to merchant equity partners for 1 while retaining howdens . 3 4 at the same time the name of mfi was changed to galiform plc. 3 in november 2008 the mfi retail business entered administration galiform becoming liable for the costs associated with 46 mfi stores . an exceptional charge of 99.7 m was incurred in 2008 to cover these costs . at this stage galiform was liable for the costs of over 80 properties previously used by mfi the legacy properties . 5 by december 2012 the legacy properties had been reduced by over 80 % mainly due to landlords agreeing to the early termination of the associated leases in return for a one off payment . 6 in september 2010 galiform changed its name to howden joinery group plc. 7 operations edit howdens joinery in knaresborough howdens kitchens are manufactured at plants in runcorn and howden . 8 the company has over 634 depots in the united kingdom and also trades from several depots around northern france and belgium under the name of houdan cuisines in southern france under the name lamona cuisines in amsterdam the netherlands under the name howden keukens and in hamburg germany as howden kuchen 9 references edit a b c preliminary results 2015 pdf . howdens joinery . retrieved 9 april 2016 . onwards and upwards . ttj . 10 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