Mannok

Mannok
Company typePrivately owned
IndustryBuilding construction & manufacturing, hospitality & property management
Founded1973 as Quinn Group
2013 as Aventas Group
2014 as Quinn Industrial Holdings
HeadquartersDerrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
ProductsContainer glass, domestic and specification radiators, cement, tarmac, thermal blocks, rooftiles, prestressed concrete, polyurethane & polystyrene insulation, packaging
Websitemannokholdings.com

Mannok, formerly the QUINN group, is a business group headquartered in Derrylin, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The group has ventured into cement and concrete products, container glass, general insurance, radiators, plastics,[1] hotels, and real estate. It was formed by Seán Quinn in 1973, developing from a small quarrying operation in Derrylin into a large organization, employing over 8,000 people in various locations throughout Europe.

From 2004 the group saw great expansion throughout Europe, with radiator and plastic manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, France, Spain and Slovakia. The group property portfolio also includes hotel and business centres in Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Turkey, and Russia. Its first venture into the cement industry was in 1989. The commissioning of its first container glass plant was in 1998. It acquired the health insurer Bupa Ireland[2] in 2007.

On 30 March 2010, following an application by the Central Bank of Ireland, the High Court appointed joint provisional administrators to Quinn Insurance Limited.[3]

In April 2011, a share receiver was appointed to Anglo Irish Bank (to which the Quinn Group owed over €2.8 billion), who took control of the Quinn family's equity interest in the Quinn Group. Seán Quinn and his family no longer have any role in the management, operations or ownership of the group. Seán Quinn was declared bankrupt in the Republic of Ireland on 16 January 2012.

In November 2013, the group was renamed from QUINN to Aventas.[1] In 2014, the group was renamed as Quinn Industrial Holdings (QIH). In 2020, the company rebranded as Mannok.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Quinn Group to be renamed Aventas Group". RTÉ News. 29 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Quinn Group plans more Fermoy jobs". RTÉ News. 17 April 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Statement on Quinn Insurance". Central Bank of Ireland. 30 March 2010. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Quinn Industrial Holdings to be rebranded as Mannok - The Irish News". 29 September 2020.