New Forging and Fabrication Director
Henry Williams are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Forging and Fabrication Director. Following the retirement of Barrie Hope who has done a sterling job in this role for 13 years, Henry Williams have pleasure in announcing the appointment of Andrew Nelson, to the Board as Forging and Fabrication Division Director. Andrew was […]
Forging into the future
Founded in 1883, Henry Williams Limited is one of Britain’s oldest railway-based companies. However, it is diversification and bold investment in spite of the growing economic crisis, rather than the rich heritage left by its pioneering founder, that is helping the company remain an industry leader 125 years on. Dave Horsley reports In 1911, industrial […]
Highways Agency Contract Award
Henry Williams are happy to announce that in August 2007 we won the Highways Agency contract to supply Type 609 cabinets, security straps for Type 600 and 609 cabinets, and plinths and skirts, for the next 3 years. This award, which is desirable for any company to win, also carries the endorsement of the products […]
Road Expo 2007 Exhibition
Henry Williams has once again exhibited at an exhibition for the Highways industry – Road Expo 2007, which was held at the Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh in October/November 2007. The HW stand had examples of our fabrication capabilities including a Type 609 cabinet and 611D SOS telephone housing as well as a sample bridge parapet. […]
ACME Upset Forge overhaul
After a well-earned overhaul and refurbishment, costing £150,000 and taking 21 weeks, our upset forging machine is back meaner, leaner and quicker than before. The refurbishment was undertaken by Forge Tech Services of Ashton-under Lyme and was part of Henry Williams’ strategic plan to increase efficiency through investment in technology and better tooling. After extensive […]
New Marketing Director
Henry Williams continues to expand as it increases its business in both the traditional Railway and Highways industries as well developing new markets. This expansion is set to take another step forward with the appointment of a new Sales & Marketing Director – Steve Cotton who has just joined the Company. Steve has been in […]
Highways at the NEC
Henry Williams has once again exhibited at the premier exhibition for the Highways industry, Traffex 2007, which was held at the NEC, Birmingham in April. As the organiser Brintex describes: Traffex exhibitors represent the global traffic engineering, road safety, parking and highway maintenance industry from the UK, Europe, the USA and across the world. The […]
HW in Docklands
The industry leaders in the manufacture of fishplates, associated track components and trackside enclosures, Henry Williams, hit the exhibition road again at the three-day Railtex 07 during February. The event was staged at ExCeL in the developing East Docklands part of London. On our stand we showed off our capabilities, which include design and manufacture […]
Bank of England visit
The quarterly economic briefing of the Northern Office of the Bank of England was honoured by the attendance of Mr. Charles Bean who is the Chief Economist and Executive Director of the Bank in London. He is also a Member of the Monetary Policy Committee that meets every month to consider the financial situation in […]
Level Crossing Systems Seminar
The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) convened a seminar on signalling in Heritage Railways. The event was hosted at the Severn Valley Railway in Kidderminster and was attended by 140 very interested delegates. The day was opened by John Francis, President of the IRSE. There was lively debate about the development of signalling in […]
