John Hall Schoolwear sold to Trutex

John Hall Schoolwear, the Rochdale-based specialist school uniform manufacturing business, has been acquired by Clitheroe schoolwear specialist Trutex, one of the best known and long established brands in the school uniform market.

John Hall Schoolwear will continue to trade at its current location at Fieldhouse Industrial Estate, Rochdale, as an independent business within the Trutex group, and the founders – John and Maureen Hall – will remain in their current roles.

Trutex, which was established in 1865 as the Clitheroe Shirting Company, has been producing school uniform for generations.

The deal further increases Trutex’s share of the bespoke school uniform market and will see it return to manufacturing garments in the UK for the first time in more than a decade.

The acquisition was approved by Endless LLP, which acquired Trutex in February 2010.