Founding Story

The company was formed in 1992 by twin brothers Messrs. J R Evans and D J Evans, after working for many years at artificial limb manufacturers J.E. Hanger and Co. Ltd. The two brothers and some of their experienced colleagues from the leather department of J.E. Hangers led the new company in making various leather and webbing components.

Initial samples of the products were submitted to the Medical Services Directorate at Hinchley Wood. Following an inspection of the company by the Directorate, a letter from its section head was received, stating that the products were of extremely high quality and competitively priced. At that time, the Medical Services Directorate had responsibility for the monitoring of quality and pricing of prosthetic products supplied to the Department of Health.

Within a very short period, E&E became recognised as an official supplier to the NHS (National Health Service UK) and the Division of the Scottish Health Service.