Triton Showers is a British shower manufacturer based in

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avo ...

and is the UK's leading electric shower manufacturer.

History

It was incorporated on 6 May 1975 as Triton (Aquatherm) Limited. It became Triton plc on 2 July 1982. Under the

Companies Act 1985 The Companies Act 1985 (c. 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, enacted in 1985, which enabled companies to be formed by registration, and set out the responsibilities of companies, their ...

, it re-registered as a public limited company in June 1986. The name ''Triton'' refers to the Greek god

Triton Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus'' ...

, who was depicted as being half-human and half-fish, and carried a

trident A trident is a three- pronged spear. It is used for spear fishing and historically as a polearm. The trident is the weapon of Poseidon, or Neptune, the God of the Sea in classical mythology. The trident may occasionally be held by other mar ...

. Triton Showers received two awards, the "Best of British" and "Best Bathroom Supplier" trophies, at the

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Home and Living Awards in 2017.

Ownership

It has been owned by Norcros, headquartered in

Wilmslow Wilmslow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East in Cheshire, England, south of Manchester city centre. The population was 24,497 at the 2011 Census. History Toponymy Wilmslow derives its name from Old ...

. It was bought by Norcros Holdings in September 1987.

Product range

The company produces a variety of showers from the retrofittable T80 Pro-Fit electric shower to the HOST digital mixer shower, using latest shower technology

Structure

The company is situated on Shepperton Park in Nuneaton. It employs about 350 people.

Sports sponsorship

Triton has sponsored sports teams, with the England men's hockey team at the

EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship The EuroHockey Nations Championships are a European indoor field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF). The tournament was started in 1974 for both men's competition and the women's competition. In the men's competi ...

in February 1991 in Birmingham. In June 1991 it sponsored a main event at the

Royal International Horse Show The Royal International Horse Show (originally the International Horse Show) is the official horse show of the British Horse Society and consists of both showing and showjumping events. The event is held during July each year at the All England ...

, held in Birmingham, won by

Paul Darragh Paul Darragh (28 April 1953 – 3 January 2005) was an Irish equestrian who competed in the sport of show jumping. He was on the winning team in the Aga Khan three years in a row from 1977 to 1979 with the mare Heather Honey. He was also on the ...

. In July 1992, it sponsored an event in the

1992 World Sportscar Championship The 1992 Sportscar World Championship season was the 40th and final season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1992 FIA Sportscar World Championship, which was contested over a six race series which ran from 26 April ...

. It sponsored the

Lurgan Park Rally The Lurgan Park Rally was an annual rally event held in Lurgan Park in Lurgan, Northern Ireland from 1980 to 2016. In 2010, the rally was given a new logo and another new logo was released for the 2012 rally. The Rally also held the ''Escort Mk2 ...

, a motorsport rally in Northern Ireland, from 2003-05. In 2010, the company sponsored the football ground of

Nuneaton Town F.C. Nuneaton Borough Football Club is an English football club that is based in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The men's 1st team competes in the , the seventh tier of English football. In 1889, Nuneaton St. Nicholas FC was the first team in Nuneaton to ...

, being known as the Triton Showers Community Arena. The companies Irish distributor finances a national

rallying Rally is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (often called ''rally racing),'' navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. ...

contest in Ireland, known as the Triton Showers National Rally Championship.

References

External links

Triton Showers
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