About S Jones Containers:
With over 40 years of knowledge and industry experience in the shipping container trade, S Jones Containers is a fourth generation family-run business focusing on supplying high-quality units. The company has the capability to sell, hire, store, and convert containers into a variety of purposes through its expert team of professionals.
In the last 15 years, S Jones Containers has grown its trading activities by more than 30 times, positioning itself as one of the leading suppliers in the industry. The business is one of the only facilities in the UK that can work on bespoke converted units not only for itself but also for other businesses around the world under its Conversions Division. S Jones Modular Buildings creates modular buildings for a variety of purposes including modular offices, classrooms, and healthcare units. This is done at its 12-acre workshop and storage depot site located in Aldridge, West Midlands.
In 2025 S Jones Containers was shortlisted as a finalist in the Express & Star Business Awards – Family Business of the Year category. Also in 2025, its specialist Conversions division won the ‘Manufacturing Innovation Award’ at the Made in the Midlands Awards and ‘Small Manufacturer of the Year’ at the West Midlands Business Awards. The business also received further recognition for its innovative engineering solutions by winning the ‘Manufacturing Innovator of the Year’ category at the 2025 Innovation Awards.
S Jones Containers also owns the ‘U Can Store It’ external self-storage brand which has two locations in Aldridge and West Bromwich.
For more information about S Jones Containers, please visit: https://www.sjonescontainers.co.uk/
About S Jones Containers’ Conversions Team:
S Jones Containers’ multi award-winning Conversions Division is a hub of engineering innovation, transforming standard 10ft, 20ft, and 40ft shipping containers into innovative containerised engineered solutions ideal for use as labs, boiler rooms and generator housing among other uses. The solutions can be tailored to suit all types of industrial and scientific processes including water treatment facilities. Using industry leading CAD software, and with its own in-house engineering design team, the S Jones Conversions team creates bespoke conversions, as well as offering an immediate stock shipping container conversion service for delivery across the UK.
In 2025, S Jones Conversions won the ‘Manufacturing Innovation Award’ at the Made in the Midlands Awards, ‘Small Manufacturer of the Year’ at the West Midlands Business Awards and the ‘Manufacturing Innovator of the Year’ accolade at the 2025 Innovation Awards. The team was shortlisted at the Make UK Awards Midlands & East region in both the ‘SME of the Region’ and ‘Innovation’ categories.
For more information please visit: https://www.sjonescontainers.co.uk/container-conversions/
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S Jones Containers Ltd
S Jones Containers is a leading provider of innovative container solutions, with over 40 years of experience in nationwide sale, hire, and conversion of shipping containers.