The Gate 7 story

From a local UK design and manufacturing business to a multi-generational family business supplying printed and decal solutions, globally.

History

A family business with a global reach

With decades of experience operating in the printing industry, Gate 7 was founded by Keith Wickham in 2000. At that time, our vision was to supply a specialist service to the industrial automotive market – something which we believe we achieved. Over the years we have successfully transferred this knowledge and our expertise in developing printed solutions to the construction, agricultural and industrial markets, sectors in which we now specialise.

Through our ability to establish long-term relationships with customers and suppliers and deliver high-quality and reliable solutions, we were able to grow an international presence which now sees us working with customers around the world, across three facilities, in the UK, USA and India.

In 2008, John Reay – formally a director of Gate 7 Ltd and current Vice Present of Gate 7 (USA) – relocated to set up production for Gate 7 in the US. In 2013 we opened a new custom-built North American headquarters in Greencastle, Pennsylvania.

With facilities in the UK and USA, Keith and his team embarked on a journey that saw Gate 7 expand its customer base across Europe, USA and Asia. To further support the Indian market, we opened our latest facility in Pune, India in 2025. Cementing our position as a leading expert in innovative industrial decals and printed components.

We are proud to be a family company with an international presence and customer base. Today Keith is our Chairman, with his children taking up senior positions in the company; Harry Wickham as Managing Director and Sophie Kavanagh (née Wickham) as Commercial Director.

Although we have grown a global presence over the years, we have retained our family values: kind, respectful, supportive, nurturing, transparent and reliable. These values, alongside our team who embody them, are a key part of our success.

Our accolades

In 2005 and in 2018, Gate 7 was awarded the Queens Awards for Enterprise (International Trade), which is a significant accolade. Further recognition of our export success has been made locally with business awards on both a regional and national platform. Keep up to date with our product and business developments by  following us on LinkedIn.

Read our latest achievement here.

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