Gray &Adams Ltd
Marks & Spencer…
…and DPD.
Gray & Adams manufactures bespoke vehicles and trailers, including double decks, to well-known household brands including Warburtons…
Following a royal visit by His Royal Highness the Prince ofWales in 2017, Gray & Adams Ltd, headquartered in Fraserburgh and one of the UK’s premiummanufacturing companies, received further royal recognition in 2020. The company’s outstanding achievement in temperature-controlled vehicle design and manufacture has been recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for its double deck trailer design. Conceived in 1965, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the most prestigious awards in UK business, and previous winners include Dyson, Jaguar Land Rover and JCB. With more than 60 years’ experience in manufacturing, and working from its nowworld- class facility in Fraserburgh, Gray & Adams has a unique understanding of its customers’ needs and recognises the real commercial pressures in the UK cold chain supply.
Having pioneered temperature-controlled lifting deck trailer technology in the 1990s, the company continues to be at the cutting edge of technology, delivering practical commercial solutions for its customers, as well as understanding the impact of its activities on the environment. As an ever-growing driver in its industry, Gray & Adams ensures all of its products consider the environment in order to remain at the forefront of sustainable innovation to reduce the carbon footprint of its products. From humble beginnings Founded in 1957 in Fraserburgh by JimGray and Jim Adams, Gray & Adams has grown from humble beginnings to become the UK market leader in temperature-controlled manufacturing, with an annual turnover in excess of 150 million pounds and employing more than 700 people across the group. The company dominates the UK cold chain from
farm to fork, and supplies double deck trailers to most major supermarkets, including Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Iceland, Sainsbury’s and Tesco, as well as blue-chip household brands like DPD, John Lewis Waitrose, M&S andWarburtons. Whatever you can buy in a supermarket, from fresh, chilled produce to frozen products and pharmaceuticals, chances are it will have travelled in a Gray & Adams semi-trailer or rigid. Award-winning team Over the years, the company has won several awards for its innovative and bespoke products that are extensively used in the UK and exported around the world. James and Peter Gray, Joint Managing Directors, commented: “In these challenging times we very much hope the recognition this prestigious award brings will give a small amount of cheer and encouragement to our employees in the north east of Scotland, and across the UK. “We are massively appreciative of our highly skilled engineering teams and our manufacturing operatives that allow us to produce our world-class products. We would also like to thank our very loyal customers and partners, without whose assistance and support we would be unable to enjoy such highly respected recognition.” GRAY &ADAMS LTD South Road, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire AB43 9HU Tel: 01346 518001 • mark.grant@gray-adams.com www.gray-adams.com
Gray & Adams were founded in 1957 in Fraserburgh
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