The story
Minky is a family owned and run business that was founded in 1941. In 1987, the company acquired the Relax Ironing Board Company and expanded its product range to include ironing boards and was re-branded as Minky. In 1993, it acquired Besco Baron for its cleaning cloth range.
The company has manufacturing units in Crumpsall, Manchester, one in Shawclough, Rochdale, (ironing boards) and one in Bad Honnef, Germany producing cleaning cloths. The annual turnover of the company in 2012 was £33,771,000.00 and it employed 359 staff.
From Wikipedia’s article on Minky, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4