{"id":31120,"date":"2019-07-12T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/?p=31120"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T08:30:36","slug":"palm-equipment-turns-forty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/palm-equipment-turns-forty\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Equipment Turns Forty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Palm (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/palmequipmenteurope.com\" target=\"_blank\">Palm<\/a> is celebrating its 40th birthday. In 1979, Andy Knight turned making kayaks as a hobby into a business \u2013 Palm Glass Fibre Moulding. From a small shed with a leaky tin roof on the Somerset coast with a single secondhand sewing machine to <a href=\"https:\/\/palmequipmenteurope.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Palm Equipment International ltd (opens in a new tab)\">Palm Equipment International ltd<\/a>, with world class rotomoulding facilities in the UK, its own garment factory in Vietnam and retailers across the globe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"460\" data-attachment-id=\"31121\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/palm-equipment-turns-forty\/screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09-26-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40.png\" data-orig-size=\"450,460\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40.png\" alt=\"Palm Equipment Turns Forty\n\" class=\"wp-image-31121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40.png 450w, https:\/\/www.unsponsored.co.uk\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screenshot-2019-07-12-at-09.26.40-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption>Palm Equipment Turns Forty<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The reputation of Palm\u2019s buoyancy aids and paddling gear has reached the farthest corners of the world. And at their UK headquarters Palm manufacture and import sit-on-tops, kayaks and canoes from Islander, Dagger, Wilderness Systems and Mad River Canoe. Last year, Palm acquired Islander Kayaks and have made available for sale the world\u2019s first recycled marine waste kayaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy attributes Palm\u2019s success to the growth and fellowship of the paddling community \u2013 along with Palm\u2019s relentless mission to improve the gear we paddle with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join them in celebrating this milestone by sharing your Palm paddling stories with #Palm40years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palm is celebrating its 40th birthday. In 1979, Andy Knight turned making kayaks as a hobby into a business \u2013 Palm Glass Fibre Moulding. 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