Morley Glass & Glazing

What Morley Glass & Glazing does

Morley Glass & Glazing Limited is a UK-based manufacturer incorporated in 1998 and headquartered at a 50,000 sq. ft. facility on Leeds 27 Industrial Estate. The company designs and assembles bespoke sealed glass units (IGUs) with integral Venetian and pleated blinds permanently encapsulated inside the cavity, using ScreenLine systems licensed from Italian supplier Pellini S.p.A. Product range spans manual controls (C/S/SV/SV+ Systems), battery and motorised options (W Smart, MB), the exclusive UK SL16 slimline system for retrofit and sash applications, plus specialist variants such as ScreenView for healthcare and ScreenLine Wave for industrial aesthetics. Production capacity at the Leeds facility stands at up to 6,000 units per week following a £750,000+ 2022 capex investment, with additional weekly volume imported from Italy.

Revenue is generated exclusively through B2B channels, selling directly to UK window and door fabricators and installers via a quotation-based, made-to-order model with 10-12 working day lead times and complimentary mainland UK delivery. An approved-installer scheme (Uni-Blinds) and a Find a Trade Installer portal extend the channel. Secondary revenue streams include an online shop dispatching ScreenLine spare parts from a £1.7m+ inventory within 24 hours, plus professional services for after-sales support through a nationwide engineer network. The company also generates material through a co-developed post-consumer IGU recycling scheme with Saint-Gobain Glass, which funds a GreenVision community grant programme.

Key partnerships include Pellini S.p.A. (20+ year ScreenLine technology partnership, including 2025 exclusive UK SL16 distribution rights), Saint-Gobain Glass (closed-loop recycling and solar control glass sourcing), Pyroguard (fire-rated glass), Loxone (smart home integration), Sanitized (antimicrobial coatings), and Best Makina (production line machinery). Geographic operations are confined to the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), and the company claims status as the UK's largest and the world's largest manufacturer of bespoke sealed units with integral blinds inside.

Name

Morley Glass & Glazing

Legal name

Morley Glass & Glazing Limited

Website

https://morleyglass.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Morley Glass & Glazing is the UK's largest manufacturer of ScreenLine integral Venetian and pleated blinds permanently sealed within double and triple glazed IGUs, serving UK window and door fabricators and installers exclusively through a trade-only channel, with nationwide delivery, a £1.7m spare parts inventory, and full after-sales engineer support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Integral Blind Glass Units: Manufacture and sale of bespoke sealed glass units with integral blinds (Venetian, pleated, pleated blackout, healthcare ScreenView) sealed within IGUs. Sold exclusively to trade installers and fabricators. Made-to-order with 10-12 working day lead time.
2. Spare Parts & Accessories: Online shop selling ScreenLine spare parts and accessories (magnets, tensioners, adhesive pads, cord mechanisms). Stocked with over £1.7 million of inventory, typically dispatched within 24 hours.
3. Technical & Installation Services: After-sales support, installation services, and repair/maintenance services for integral blinds delivered through own technician network nationwide.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Morley Glass manufactures bespoke integral blinds (Venetian and pleated styles) permanently sealed within double or triple glazed insulating glass units (IGUs) under the Uni-Blinds brand, using ScreenLine technology from Pellini S.p.A. Products are made-to-order and sold exclusively to trade window and door fabricators and installers across mainland UK, with a 10–12 working day lead time and free delivery. The portfolio spans multiple control systems (cordless slider, manual, motorised, smart home compatible, slim fit retrofit) and specialist applications including healthcare (ScreenView) and industrial-aesthetic (ScreenLine Wave), complemented by specialist glazing products, spare parts and a post-consumer IGU recycling scheme.

Product overview

Morley Glass & Glazing is a manufacturer of integral blinds sealed within insulating glass units (IGUs), operating primarily under the Uni-Blinds brand. The core product portfolio comprises Venetian and pleated style integral blinds available in standard and blackout configurations, offered with multiple control systems including manual cord/slider (C System, S System, SV System, SV+ System), battery-operated (W Smart System), and motorised smart home compatible options (MB System with Loxone). A key differentiator is the exclusive UK SL16 slimline system with narrower 10mm slats for compatibility with 16mm cavities. Specialist offerings include ScreenView for healthcare facilities with antimicrobial coating, ScreenLine Wave with motorised film technology for industrial aesthetics, and Screen Wave for industrial-look applications. The company also supplies specialist glass products including float, energy-saving, solar control (COOL-LITE SKN 176 II), switchable, self-cleaning, and textured glass. Related services include an online shop for ScreenLine spare parts and accessories, post-consumer IGU recycling, and the GreenVision community fund. Products are manufactured at the Leeds factory with a 10-12 working day lead time and complimentary mainland UK delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Uni-Blinds: Brand name for Morley Glass's integral blind products, featuring Venetian and pleated blinds sealed within double/triple glazed units

Products and services

• Uni-Blinds Integral Blinds
• ScreenLine SV System Integral Blind

Quantifiable outcome

• 46% year-over-year increase in Uni-Blinds production volumes in 2022
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Saint-Gobain GlasscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Co-developed pioneering post-consumer IGU recycling scheme launched 2021. Saint-Gobain Glass uses crushed cullet as raw material for new building glass manufacturing. Partnership represents UK's first successful end-of-life IGU recycling scheme. Partnership generates revenue for GreenVision community fund.
• Pellini S.p.A.coreTechnology or IntegrationItalian manufacturer of ScreenLine integral blind systems. Over 20-year partnership. Morley Glass is exclusive UK supplier of SL16 slimline system and primary UK manufacturer/distributor for all ScreenLine products. Pellini developed specialised systems including ScreenView, ScreenLine Wave, and SL16 specifically for Morley Glass UK market.
• PyroguardmajorTechnology or IntegrationFire rated glass supplier partner enabling Morley Glass to offer integral blinds with certified fire resistance (30, 60, 120 minutes) for healthcare and commercial applications.
• LoxonemajorTechnology or IntegrationSmart home integration partner. MB System motorised integral blinds are fully Loxone smart home compatible, enabling integrated building automation control.
• Best MakinamajorTechnology or IntegrationLong-standing machinery partner that installed new production lines for Morley Glass manufacturing facility. Installed 2022 state-of-the-art production line worth £750,000+ investment.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Pellini S.p.A. Italian designer and manufacturer of ScreenLine integral blind systems, Morley Glass's exclusive UK technology partner for 20+ years. Pellini develops and supplies the SV, MB, SL16 and ScreenLine Wave systems that Morley assembles and distributes, making it both the most direct comparable and the principal supplier in Morley's stack.
• Warema Renkhoff SE: German manufacturer of sun-shading and integral blind systems for windows and facades. Comparable to Morley as a European specialty maker of glazing-integrated shading solutions sold through trade and project channels, though with a broader commercial-building focus.
• Roto Frank: German window and door hardware group with an integral blind product line. Competes with Morley at the intersection of window hardware and integrated shading for European fabricators, particularly in the DACH region.

Broad incumbents

• Saint-Gobain: Global glass and building materials giant and Morley's recycling partner. Comparable as a major flat-glass and IGU producer with overlapping commercial glazing customers and the financial scale to integrate vertical blinds into broader façade systems.
• Pilkington (NSG Group): UK-headquartered glass manufacturer supplying float and high-performance glazing into UK fenestration. Comparable as a long-established UK glass incumbent supplying the same window fabricator customer base that Morley serves with its IGU+blind product.
• AGC Glass Europe: European arm of Japanese glassmaker AGC Inc., producing flat glass and high-performance coatings. Overlaps with Morley in IGU fabrication inputs and increasingly in integrated shading/smart-glass offerings for the European fenestration market.
• Hunter Douglas: Global market leader in window coverings (blinds, shades, shutters). Comparable as a broad incumbent in the wider shading category, though its portfolio is predominantly surface-mounted rather than sealed-within-IGU, positioning it as an adjacent rather than head-to-head competitor.

Regional players

• Louvolite: UK-based manufacturer and distributor of made-to-measure window blinds. Comparable as a domestic UK trade-channel supplier of window coverings, though focused on surface-mounted roller and vertical blinds rather than integral systems.

Emerging players

• SageGlass: Saint-Gobain subsidiary producing electrochromic dynamic glass for commercial and high-end residential buildings. Comparable as a substitute-technology competitor targeting the same privacy and solar-control use cases that Morley's integral blinds serve, particularly in healthcare and commercial projects.
• View, Inc. US-based smart-glass company offering electrochromic glass for offices, healthcare and residential applications. Comparable as an emerging substitute for integral blinds in premium and healthcare projects where dynamic glass can replace mechanical shading within the IGU.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MorleyGlassGlaz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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