Like many other family businesses, ENTO started in the garage in the back yard. It came about when Alan found himself without a job following the closure of Meares Brothers, a Sydney based shop fitting company of which he had been the Melbourne manager for over two years. He had many ideas for trolleys and equipment which he had been developing for Australian Safeway who were just getting established in Australia. Amongst those ideas was a plan for a turnstile mechanism which was different in its operation to any other on the market. It was with this background that he decided to start his own business to allow him to bring these thoughts to fruition and so on 27th October 1966 the name ENTRO (SALES EQUIPMENT) was put forward for registration. The first part of the name was to relate to the turnstile and the second to the type of general equipment being manufactured. The registration certificate was supplied with a typing error where the 'R' was missing, making it ENTO. Nothing was ever done to have this corrected and the business was established with this strange title, the spelling of which still has everyone confused.

In the following year a suitable factory was found in a block of six in Moorabbin and the equipment was moved in. Since that early beginning it grew and expanded to fill three of the six factories and there was still never enough room let alone enough time to shift. During this expansion Alan's son Peter joined him in January 1970 and ten years later, the youngest member of the family, Paul also joined.

As the business expanded and Safeway opened stores in Sydney it became difficult to carry out installations of the fittings being manufactured. By then the trolley side of the business had started to become more predominant. With the introduction of the sheet metal range of stock trolleys into Coles Stores, and requests for trolleys outside the supermarket trade, we gravitated towards supply of equipment only. New designs were developed and the business continued to grow.

After Alan retired, the business continued to operate from Moorabbin, but with the fall in interest rates the retirement nest-egg was shrinking. It was then decided to take this situation and reverse it by purchasing a factory and so invest where it would benefit everyone. And so it was that in August 1993 the business was moved to South Dandenong and a new era in the company's history started.

On July 1, 2001 the business combined with B.K Group Pty Ltd in Brunswick. BK was our major components supplier and a business we had been associated with since before the establishment of ENTO in 1966. This is another family business which was established in 1958 by Grahame Kermonde at which time he was the first in Australia to produce continuous spouting. It is currently managed by Grahame's son and son-in-law, Lloyd Kermonde and Tony Lennie and a number of other family members are also actively engaged in the management and production of the business. Since then the production range has grown to include general sheet metal, press work, metal spinning, the manufacture of fly control equipment. Other trading names in the BK Group and their product range are available at the BK Group website.

Over the years we have tried to keep the business small enough to remain in touch with customers and their needs, yet large enough to be able to offer good service at a reasonable price. With the nature of the business these days we felt that the combination with BK Group will ensure that we can continue to do this now and well into the future.

Some examples of our standard products are shown in this website, however if there is anything else you require or you need further advice on any of the equipment shown here, please ring, call in, email or fill out the mail in page, and we will do what we can to help.