Founder and Managing Director Paul Evans has worked in the aluminium fenestration industry since leaving school in 1988. Paul started work at Airedale Architecture aged 16, spending 13 years on the shop floor where he gained a wealth of knowledge. Keen to improve and eager to learn new skills Paul then moved on to West Yorkshire Glazing in 2001 where procurement responsibilities were added to his role. Paul moved again in 2003 and took up a position at Aire Valley Architectural as Company Manager and chief estimator.

A further 6 years progressing and expanding his aluminium fenestration knowledge saw a move to Continental Installations in 2009. Paul had now gained contacts, created relationships and made a name for himself within the industry liaising with many organisations at director level. In 2013 Paul was approached by Senior Architectural Services to be their Technical Sales Manager lending his now extensive knowledge before deciding that it was time to go on his own and create his own company, Paul Evans Architectural Ltd or PEA for short. In conjunction with his business partner, Chris Collinson, PEA was formed in December 2014 and traded for the first time in March 2015.

Paul spent some time looking for the right unit to deliver his ambitious plans. He finally settled on a 5000 sq ft unit in Bradford West Yorkshire and business began in earnest. Just 12 months later it became obvious that the unit was far too small for the business that was coming through, so a very difficult decision had to be made to move to larger premises.

In July 2016 PEA moved into a 10,000 sq ft facility in Leeds to cope with the increasing demand. The move coupled with an extensive investment in new machinery including a new CNC machine and new personnel ensured PEA were able to continue the impressive growth.

Despite COVID-19 the company continued to flourish with more new customers and products and in January 2021 took an adjacent building giving the team a further 5000 sq ft.