The Shelton company was established in 1971 by Alan Shelton, whose pioneering developments in textile equipment and machinery, built a company where branded ancillary market leading products were used and recognised worldwide.
 
The pioneering spirit of continuous and focused development runs through the current textile machinery design and manufacturing, business with no better example than the establishing of Shelton Vision Systems as a technical leader in surface inspection machine vision systems.
 
Shelton is actively seeking out applications for this new technology, which has been developed to an advanced stage of automation and sophistication, whilst maintaining a solid base in traditional machinery production.
 
Shelton, based in Leicester UK, known for textile machinery the world over, now incorporates two divisions; Shelton Textile Machines and Shelton Vision Systems.
 
Shelton Vision Systems are specialists in the application of digital camera systems for surface and product inspection. The latest camera technology and special lighting systems are used to identify defects in almost any type of web material; woven, non-woven and knitted fabrics, laminates, composites, metals, coatings and a wide range of technical fabrics.