Tanfield Group Plc operates as an investment company. The firm holds an investment in Snorkel International Holdings LLC, which produces self-propelled, towable, and push-around aerial lifts, including diesel and electric scissor lifts, mast lifts, telescopic boom lifts, and articulating booms, and Smith Electric Vehicles Corp, which designs and produces electric commercial vehicles for short haul urban fleets. The company was founded by Roy Robert Edward Stanley in 1996 and is headquartered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the United Kingdom.