SUPASOCKET® Company Infomation

Company Overview

The company’s Directors believe that only Supasocket® can meet the current and future requirements of the market, because the company has devised a low cost product that negates high cost remedial actions in a multi-million pound market. The directors have over 60 years experience of managing and developing companies with innovative state of the art products for specific markets needs

Directors and roles

The directors John R. Newton CEng, MIEE, AMIMechE, MCMI the Technical director. John trained as design engineer having served a six year apprenticeship. He is a Chartered Engineer and the inventor of the unique pole socket. In 1997 John was the recipient Howorth Medal for innovation and has been granted over 100 patents. Leo Fleming-Farrell BSc (Mgmt), MBA, H. Dip Eng., PIIE as the Marketing and Operations director has several years of international management experience in a variety of high tech industries in the areas of Operations, Environment Health and Safety, Business administration and continuous improvement programs. Leo has worked in multi cultural environments on five continents.

History

Topform Technologies UK Ltd (TFT) was incorporated in June 2004 when it became apparent that there was a need for a Supasocket® type product and Supasocket® offers to the street furniture market a range of Supasocket® products for a variety of applications. The formative years of the company were devoted to identifying, developing a unique technical and environmentally (Green) friendly solution to the retention and support of pole socket market. The company operates from Grange over Sands in the Lake District of the UK.

Company Vision and Focus

Topform Technologies UK Ltd (TFT) will be the world leader in supplying thermoplastic construction ‘best of class’ products to street furniture positions where maintenance reduction programmes are high on the agenda or in new build programmes where ‘total cost of ownership’ is a consideration. The focus of Supasocket® is to concentrate on clearly selected areas of the market and special product types for that market with superior products based on a single patented system.