Ciret Limited was established in 1961 as Homekey Limited, initially supplying top quality brushes throughout the south of England. From it’s Portsmouth base, the business expanded to become an established supplier to decorators, builders merchants and independent hardware stores. In 2005 we moved to our present location in Havant and during the same year was acquired by the Ciret group and was soon renamed Ciret Ltd.
In 2011 Ciret Holdings merged with Storch Holdings GmbH to form Storch-Ciret Holdings GmbH with its head office still in Wuppertal, where it all started over 125 years ago. This merger made us the leading expert for painting and decorating tools within Europe. For more company information, please visit www.storch-ciret.com.
In 1896 the decorative painters Brueckmann, Boysen and Weber started the “School of painting for Decorative Wall Design” in Elberfelt (part of Wuppertal, Germany). The first product they sold which started the long tradition was the copper stencil. In 1919 Wilhelm Greten took control of the business and saw its expansion into manufacturing with the setting up of a factory for paint brushes, rollers and additional painting tools. The company continued to grow over the next 80 years, with management of the company taken over by J.R. Rogusch (Wilhelm Greten’s son-in-law) in 1952 and then Horst Rogusch (Wilhelm Greten’s grandson) in 1976.
Today the group operates in 17 countries with over 1,400 employees and an annual turnover of over 200 million Euros. Wilhelm Greten’s grandson is still a significant part of the business as one of the board of advisors, driving the business to maintain its number one position as Europe’s leading painting and decorating tool manufacturer.
