Manufacturer of high-quality products for professional plumbers, Instantor has joined Plumbing Heating Group (PHG), the UK’s leading merchant buying group for plumbing, heating and bathrooms.
As a new PHG supplier, Instantor gains access to a powerful network of merchant members who represent 276 branches, 248 plumbing and heating trade counters and 137 bathroom showrooms across the UK.
PHG members represent some of the best regional plumbing, heating and bathroom merchants throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with a combined trading history that exceeds 1,000 years. Members include: BBS Plumbing & Heating Supplies, Beggs and Partners, Bell Plumbing Supplies, Bradfords Building Supplies, Duftons Plumbing & Heating Supplies, James Hargreaves, Pochin, Richmonds, Spinks, Stuart Plumbing & Heating Supplies, Tucker French, Williams Trade Supplies and Woodhouse & Sturnham.
Dan Wild, UK Sales Director, Instantor, says: “We are delighted to join PHG as a supplier. This new partnership significantly strengthens our presence in the UK and is a major milestone in our efforts to grow the Instantor brand in the UK market. Our team is looking forward to visiting and working closely with PHG’s merchant members, introducing their trade counter staff and installer customers to the Instantor portfolio. Our collaborative approach, experienced team and our product training programme, including the Mobile Training Academy, will all prove invaluable in developing our partnership with PHG and the merchant members.”
John Dicken, PHG Commercial Director, adds: “It’s great to have Instantor on board as a new supplier. Instantor is a recognised market leader in press solutions, offering a comprehensive range of press fittings, pipes, tools and accessories for plumbing and heating professionals. After visiting Instantor’s headquarters in Dublin and seeing the quality of their products and training facilities first-hand, we’re confident this will be a successful and valuable partnership. We are very much looking forward to introducing the Instantor range to our members, which we believe will be extremely well received.”
For further information on Instantor, please email sales@instantor.co.uk, or call 0121 737 2515. You can also visit the newly refreshed website: www.instantor.co.uk.
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1. Instantor and PHG outside the Instantor Mobile Training Academy. Pictured from left to right:
- Matt Pysden, Pochin Commercial Director
- Dan Wild, Instantor UK Sales Director
- Alan Hogan, Sanbra Group Plumbing, Heating & Kitchen Division Managing Director
- Francesca Patel, PHG Commercial Manager
- Martin Murphy, Sanbra Group Managing Director
- John Dicken, PHG Commercial Director
- Ian Beggs, Beggs and Partners Group Chief Executive
- Chris Edwards, PHG Product Manager
About Instantor:
Instantor is a market leader in the manufacture, wholesale and distribution of superior plumbing products to merchants, specifiers and installers in Ireland and launched into the UK market in 2024. Instantor has manufactured state-of-the-art products for professional plumbers since 1926 and is renowned for its press solutions, which place ease of installation at the forefront of thinking. The Instantor UK portfolio includes press systems, press tools and jaws, Elemex and Immertec immersion heaters and a selection of easy to fit domestic and commercial pumps from sister company Tucson Pumps Ltd. Instantor is part of the Sanbra Group.
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5th August 2025
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