UK-based Trimline, a marine interior company, is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015.

Today Trimline is a £25 million business that has clients including Carnival UK (Cunard and P&O), Royal Caribbean, Thomson Cruises, Windstar, Crystal and Seabourn, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Royal Navy in the military sector, and ferry operators including Red Funnel, Condor Ferries, DFDS and Stena Line.

Having started as a one-man operation in a garage, Trimline now occupies a purpose-designed 33,000 square foot facility that has recently seen the addition of a new demonstration galley and electrical department. The business has just taken on its largest-ever project and has some very ambitious plans for the future, according to a release.

The company will mark this milestone anniversary in a number of ways, including a staff party on February 16th – half a century to the day since the business was founded.

“Innovation is at the heart of Trimline,” said Chairman Gary Oliver. “When my father Reg founded the business in 1965, he wanted to give clients the very best tailored solutions and give talented craftsmen career paths that allowed them to realise their full potential. As he so rightly put it, ‘you’re only as good as the people you employ’. That is still very much our ethos today. Over the last fifty years, we have shaped the boundaries of design and function, viewing our customers as strategic partners and focusing on the whole asset lifecycle. We’re currently investing heavily in the business and we believe the next fifty years will be even more exciting.”