Link 51 was founded in 1951 by father and son team Jim and Peter Kinnear, The Handy Angle Company, manufactured a range of practical slotted steel angle. The original staff of six worked from a small workshop, with the back bedroom of an adjacent cottage providing the office accommodation in Brierley Hill at the heart of the industrial Black Country.

Building on an innovative tensioning plate design providing a stable and highly configurable system, the business grew to meet the increasing demand for improved, purpose-built storage equipment.

By 1966 Link 51 was born, combining the year of incorporation and the word Link to signify the grouping of various types of storage equipment and techniques within one company.

Celebrating sixty years of trading in 2011, the company has steadily grown its reputation and market share over the years by developing an ever-improving range of products to solve the many and varied storage & handling problems encountered daily throughout industry and commerce.