Established in 1908 with a presence in 125 countries, Bellota Tools, part of the Venanpri Group, is a globally recognised hand tool and protective equipment manufacturer with plants in nine different countries. This includes Europe’s head office and main manufacturing plant in Bilbao, Northern Spain.
Since arriving in Ireland in 2019, Bellota’s business has gone from strength to strength. Gabriel Villate, Export Director of Bellota says “Many Irish retail businesses are increasingly recognising that southern Europe is the direction to go in order to shorten their supply chain. We manufacture many of our own products in Spain and ship to Ireland from Bilbao directly into Dublin offering a speedy delivery schedule for our customers whilst avoiding all Brexit land bridges.”
When asked what the key to success for business in general is, Gabriel replied: “There are many keys to success, but in short, businesses can’t go wrong if they talk to their people and listen to their customers and users. We are in a rapidly changing world and it is important to be able to re-invent daily.”
Bellota Tools are here to stay. Their commitment is to ensure that the Irish Construction, Hardware & Agricultural sectors have access to the most up to date, cost effective and high-performance tools for the most demanding of users. Bellota will be sharing all their latest innovations, gathered from an extensive heritage and global footprint of top-quality hand tools in each and every publication of The Hardware Journal and on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter throughout 2022.
Sales Manager – Les Ashley
Les has been with Bellota since its arrival into Ireland in early 2019. He is no stranger to Ireland’s hand tool sector, formerly working as Sales Agent for CK Tools & Abus locks. Les says “I am thrilled to be part of Bellota and I was delighted to discover that many of Bellota’s ranges are unique, providing niche requirements to the construction industry.”
For more information, please contact Les at les.ashley@bellota.com or on 087 440 8077. Customer Services and Sales Office is in Wicklow Town, tel: 0404 669 43 / 087 293 1180.
