Jarshire
Jarshire is a UK-exclusive industrial equipment distributor and manufacturer representative, supplying machinery and components from approximately 15 European manufacturers to the paper, tissue, converting, and corrugating sectors since 1979.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1979
- HeadquartersSonning, United Kingdom
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Jarshire does
Jarshire is a UK-based industrial equipment distributor and manufacturer representative serving the paper, tissue, converting, corrugating and board sectors. Founded in 1979 by Myra and Peter Jobson and currently managed by Nick Jobson, the company operates from Sonning Common, Oxfordshire, where it maintains on-site spares inventory to support next-day delivery. It functions as the exclusive UK sales channel for a portfolio of approximately 15 international manufacturers, including Svecom, Macarbox, Ircon Solaronics, Höcker Polytechnik, Mecoval, Kohler Coating, BFT Group, Kontram, Tecnomec3, Officine Airaghi, Re SpA, Weingrill, Thema, Espo, and Sipack.
The product portfolio spans nine categories: converting and printing machinery (corrugators, die cutters, flexo folder gluers, digital printers, laser cutters); mechanical components (pneumatic and mechanical chucks, expanding shafts); infrared drying systems; web control systems including CCD-sensor-based web guides and video monitoring (ReCorr, ReVision NET); handling equipment (reel/shaft handlers, manipulators, roll pushers); slitting systems and tungsten carbide blades; stainless steel spare parts and refining components; process equipment (KEMEX dosing systems, spreader rollers, briquetting presses, corrugating rolls); and tension/control systems (current regulators, load cells). Technical capabilities in vision and control are embedded in partner-supplied systems rather than developed in-house.
The business runs on a sales-led, quote-based hardware distribution model. Revenue is generated through product sales, spare parts and technical support to industrial manufacturers in the UK corrugating and board, paper and tissue, and converting industries. The company is privately held, family-owned, with 1-10 employees and no institutional investors; it restructured and relocated in 2022 to expand spares capacity.
Jarshire firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Jarshire
- Legal name
- Jarshire Limited
- Website
- https://jarshire.co.uk
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1979
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- Jarshire is a UK-exclusive industrial equipment distributor and manufacturer representative, supplying machinery and components from approximately 15 European manufacturers to the paper, tissue, converting, and corrugating sectors since 1979.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Jarshire industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Machinery Distribution
- NAICS
- Packaging Machinery Manufacturing (333993)
- SIC
- Wholesale-Industrial Machinery & Equipment (5084)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Bagging, Pouching & Sachet Packaging Equipment (IMAHAOAH)
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Where Jarshire is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Sonning
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices1 record
Markets served
Jarshire business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Industrial Equipment Distribution: Jarshire serves as UK representative for international manufacturers, distributing industrial machinery and components for paper, tissue, converting, and corrugating industries. Revenue is generated through product sales, spare parts, and technical support services.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Multi-year contract | Industrial machinery and components sold via direct quotation |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Jarshire product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Jarshire supplies industrial machinery and components to UK paper, board, film, foil, tissue, converting, and corrugating manufacturers, acting as the exclusive UK representative for approximately 15 leading international OEMs. The company offers the full equipment portfolio of these manufacturers — from expanding chucks, web guides, and IR dryers to slitting systems, shaft handling, briquetting presses, and corrugating equipment — and supports installations with next-day spares delivery and on-site technical service.
Product overview
Jarshire is a specialist supplier of industrial machinery and components to the Converting, Paper, Plastic & Tissue, and Corrugating & Board sectors, representing manufacturers from around the world. Founded in 1979 and headquartered in Sonning Common, Oxfordshire, the company's product portfolio is extensive and categorized into several product groups: (1) Converting and Printing Machinery from Macarbox including Corrugators, Rotary Die Cutters, Flexo Folder Gluers, Digital Printers, and Laser Cutters; (2) Mechanical Components including Svecom Chucks (pneumatic and safety chucks), Mecoval Mechanical Chucks, and various shafts (pneumatic, mechanical, differential, and slitter scorer shafts); (3) Infrared and Drying Systems from Ircon-Solaronics including UniDryer V3, GemDryer IR, DryMaster IR, Monocassette, and Mastercassette; (4) Web Control Systems including ReCorr Web Guide with CCD sensors, WG Pivot Frames with ReSmart/SmartMotion technology, and ReVision NET video monitoring; (5) Handling Systems including Svecom Reel Handling equipment, Shaft Handlers, Thema Manipulators, Reel Savers, and ReDrive battery-powered Roll Pushers; (6) Slitting and Knife Products including ESPO Slitting Systems, Knife Holders, and Tungsten Carbide Slitting Blades; (7) Stainless Steel Products from Officine Airaghi including Spare Parts, Refining Products, and Deflaking Products; (8) Process Equipment including KEMEX Dosing Systems from Kontram, Spreader Rollers from Tecnomec3, Briquetting Presses and Shredders from Höcker Polytechnik, Corrugating Rolls from RMM Dasong, and Corrugator Belts from HuaTao; (9) Control Systems including T-One Web Tension Controllers, LEO Current Regulators, and Flanged Load Cells from Re. The products are distributed throughout the UK paper, board, film, foil, and corrugating industries.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Jarshire Reel Saver
Quantifiable outcome
- Next day spares delivery capability
- +1 more outcomes
Companies that use Jarshire
Customer profileSegments3 records
Ideal customer profiles1 record
Jarshire technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability2 records
Feature5 records
Jarshire partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- SvecomcoreSvecom, based in Italy, provides innovative winding and unwinding systems with over 60 years of experience, 200 employees, and 25,000 square metres production site. Svecom manufactures air shafts, safety chucks, expanding chucks, core plugs, reel spools and shaft extractors.
- MacarboxcoreMacarbox, located in Northern Spain with 200 employees, manufactures high performance and technologically advanced converting machinery for the corrugated board industry including Rotary Die Cutters, Flexo Folder Gluers, Corrugators, Digital Printers, and Laser Cutters.
- Ircon SolaronicscoreIrcon|Solaronics provides non-contact drying solutions based on gas or electrical infrared and air drying technology since more than 50 years. Sweden and France operations joined forces in 2018.
- Höcker PolytechnikcoreHöcker Polytechnik is an owner-managed German family business providing high quality machinery for waste and extraction solutions with production sites in Germany and Poland. Clean air technology products comply with state-of-the-art safety technology.
- RMM DasongcoreBased in Shanghai, RMM Dasong has more than 28 years experience in corrugating roll manufacturing with annual production of more than 3,000 units from 50,000 square metres. Products exported to over 60 countries with 2,500 end-users worldwide.
- KontramcoreKontram is a reliable Finnish industry partner specializing in valves, process automation and electrical components with 70+ experts serving customers since 1966.
- BFT GroupcoreBFT Group provides the BFT Flexo inking and washing system and BFT Carbon doctor chamber for printing industry automation. Fully digitalized systems offer unparalleled process optimization.
- EspocoreEspo slitting systems cover extensive applications for tissue, paper, converting, non-woven, corrugated cardboard, film and foil markets. Complete solutions for on-line integration into cutting lines, rewinders, slitter/rewinders.
- MecovalcoreConstrucciones Mecanicas Mecoval, based in Valencia, specializes in manufacture of mechanical chucks with over 20,000 units sold worldwide. Low cost and simple design suitable for corrugation, textile, and plastic plants.
- Tecnomec3coreTecnomec3, based in Turbigo, Italy, established 35 years ago, designs and builds spreader rollers and special products for different fields. Provides extensive technical assistance before and after sale.
- Officine AiraghicoreOfficine Airaghi Srl was founded in 1948 in Italy. Experience in paper industry technical and maintenance problems resulted in design and production of wide variety of spare parts for stock preparation machines using CNC machine tools.
- Kohler CoatingcoreKohler Coating is a world leader in glue application and moisture control technologies in the corrugating industry. Products reduce warp, waste, starch consumption and energy usage while enabling higher speeds on heavy grades.
- WeingrillcoreWeingrill, an Italian company based in Pinerolo area, celebrates 70 years of production in 2022. Leader in production of components for paper industry and screw jacks with ISO 9001 certification. Serves over 3000 customers in 30 different countries.
- Re (Re SpA)coreRe SpA is an Italian company committed to innovation and quality from R&D to production. One-stop partner with wide range of high-tech components for industrial controls to increase machinery productivity and reduce waste.
- ThemacoreThema produces roll and reel manipulators for handling paper, plastic, or cable rolls enabling effortless lift, turn and tilt operations with one operator.
Scale indicators2 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights4 records
Jarshire competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Bobst: Swiss-headquartered global leader in packaging and converting machinery (corrugated, folding carton, flexible packaging, labels). Overlaps directly with the Macarbox, Kohler and BFT product lines Jarshire distributes, but operates at vastly larger scale and sells direct rather than via independent representatives.
- Andritz: Austrian supplier of pulp, paper, tissue and stock-preparation equipment. Overlaps with Jarshire's representation of Officine Airaghi (refining and deflaking spares) and Tecnomec3 (spreader rollers), but competes as a direct full-line OEM.
- Valmet: Finnish-headquartered global supplier of paper, tissue, board and converting machinery and services. Targets the same UK pulp, paper and board mill customer base that Jarshire's spares and component principals (Svecom, Tecnomec3, Officine Airaghi, Weingrill) supply.
- Fosber: Italian-built corrugating machinery manufacturer (single facers, dry ends) widely installed in the UK. Jarshire's tungsten carbide slitting blades are explicitly sold to fit Fosber corrugators, illustrating the supply relationship and product overlap.
- Voith: German industrial group with a major paper, tissue and board machinery division. Competes in the same paper/tissue/corrugating mill end markets Jarshire serves via its principals (e.g. Officine Airaghi spares, Svecom chucks), and offers full-line machinery direct to UK customers.
- BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau: World-leading German manufacturer of corrugating lines (single facers, glue units, dry end). Directly comparable to Macarbox (one of Jarshire's principals) and competes for the same UK corrugator customers Jarshire services via RMM Dasong rolls, HuaTao belts and Kohler coating systems.
Direct peers
- Martin Automatic: US-headquartered manufacturer of automatic splicers, roll handling and web tension control equipment for the converting and packaging industries. Closely comparable in function to Svecom shaft/reel handling and Re controllers Jarshire distributes.
- Erhardt+Leimer: German manufacturer of web guiding, web tension control, web monitoring and print inspection systems. Directly competes with the ReCorr web guide, ReVision NET inspection, WG pivot frames and T-One tension controller product lines that Jarshire represents.
- Ashe Converting Equipment: UK-based independent manufacturer and supplier of converting machinery (slitter rewinders, unwinds, laminators). Operates in the same UK customer base and product category (converting machinery, slitting) as Jarshire, and is of broadly comparable small-to-mid UK private-company scale.
- BST eltromat International: German-headquartered manufacturer of web guiding, web inspection and color measurement systems for the converting, printing and corrugated industries. Competes head-to-head with the Re/ReVision and ReCorr lines distributed by Jarshire in the UK.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Jarshire leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Jarshire funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Frequently asked questions about Jarshire
What does Jarshire do?
Jarshire supplies industrial machinery and components to UK paper, board, film, foil, tissue, converting, and corrugating manufacturers, acting as the exclusive UK representative for approximately 15 leading international OEMs. The company offers the full equipment portfolio of these manufacturers — from expanding chucks, web guides, and IR dryers to slitting systems, shaft handling, briquetting presses, and corrugating equipment — and supports installations with next-day spares delivery and on-site technical service.
Is Jarshire a public or private company?
Jarshire is a private company. It is classified as family owned and is currently operating.
When was Jarshire founded?
Jarshire was founded in 1979. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is Jarshire based?
Jarshire is headquartered in Sonning, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does Jarshire make money?
One revenue line is on record: industrial Equipment Distribution.
Who are Jarshire's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Bobst, Andritz, Valmet, Fosber, Voith and BHS Corrugated Maschinen- und Anlagenbau. Direct peers are Martin Automatic, Erhardt+Leimer, Ashe Converting Equipment and BST eltromat International.
Does Jarshire have an API?
No public API is recorded for Jarshire.
What industry is Jarshire in?
Jarshire's product category is Industrial Machinery Distribution. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAOAH, Bagging, Pouching & Sachet Packaging Equipment. Its NAICS code is 333993 and its SIC code is 5084.