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From Maghera to worldwide

A company that was established to supply a small customer in its home town in Maghera, County Londonderry has grown to become a major player in the United Kingdom, European and Middle Eastern markets.

Almost 26 years on Cunningham Covers now manufacture and supplies a wide range of products that have in some way or other stemmed from its core business of manufacturing trailer covers for the transport industry.

In addition to tension curtains and tarpaulins, the products range now on offer includes marquees, load securing systems, bouncy castles, pool liners, animal lifting harnesses and horse water jumps.

The owner of the company, and force behind its growth is Gordon Cunningham.

With all the characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, he is an ideas man, who finds it hard to take no for an answer when it comes to finding a solution to a problem, and will rarely say'sorry, we can't do that' to a customer.

So dedicated is he to exporting that he keeps a clock in his office set at Middle Eastern time, in case he should need to talk to a customer.
"We pride ourselves on being able to provide solutions that no one else can offer.
"That is perhaps why we are now able to offer such a range of products," explained Gordon.

This expertise has been called upon a number of occasions, most recently to help with the fit out on the luxury cruise liner the Sea Princess.

But despite such a wide and varied product range Gordon points out that the company has never produced anything that it could not sell.
"This is where our investment in the latest design technology has paid off for us. He is careful stress that the large product range on offer at from

the company has not been to the detriment of high quality. "The very nature of our business demands that our products and solutions must be of the highest quality or lives could be put at risk.
"Therefore quality and high standards are at the forefront of every product we produce."

The company is also very particular that it will deliver its product when it said it would.
