Stainless Restoration

Stainless Restoration Limited started its journey way back in 1994 when the Managing Director, Mr Frank Morris, held the position of Technical/sales representative with Avesta Sheffield Distribution Ltd, later to become Outa Kumpu Stainless. During his time at ASDL Frank was charged with promoting the welding consumables and also the "post welding... cleaning" products which included pickling paste, spray gels, cleaners etc. It was during this time with the industry experts in stainless steel that Frank honed his already core knowledge of welding stainless steels and duplex with further deeper knowledge of stainless and more importantly the cleaning and preparation of the HAZ prior to service. Working alongside some of the industry's best and most knowledgeable leading lights in "all things stainless" such as Dr Chris (Duplex) Baxter helped Frank improve his working knowledge. Another individual who has helped Frank become the business man he is today was his former boss at ASDL, Mr Jim Wheatley, who showed him how to be present with customers and how to deal with the customers and there needs. Some of the values which Frank uses today in his business and personal life have been influenced by Jim. Forgiveness, tolerance and a sense of fairness was what was learnt during his time at ADSL under Jim Wheatley, this of course has to be balanced with the success of the company and the need to develop the right culture within the business. It was when Frank left ADSL that he asked his old boss if he could continue to market the Stainless Steel Chemical pickling products that his boss agreed and the early days of SRL were born. During this time SRL was intent on just selling chemicals to distributors and end-users alike, however it soon became clear that end-users didn't like the idea of handling, storing, using these chemicals and would often ask Frank if he could undertake the work along with the sale of the chemicals. From these early beginnings in the 90's SRL has managed to continue to grow over the last decade ...Read More