History of Birtley Building Products

1965
Following the acquisition of a small structural stell business G.T. Duncan (Birtley) Ltd by the Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd, Birtley Manufacturing Ltd was founded on the 19th July and continued to operate from the same Mary Avenue premises in Birtley.
1967
In addition to stell fabrications for the local mining industry and for power stations, steel lintels and garage doors were introduced into the product range.
1973
The company was sold to Manganese Bronze Holdings Ltd by which time the sales of doors and lintels to the building industry represented 85% of the turnover and profit of the Company.
1979
After growing steadily for 6 years the Company was established as a leading supplier to the building industry with distribution depots throughout the country. A new factory had been built near Newcastle Airport and the Company had diversified into kitchen furniture and galvanizing plant installations.
1980
The recession had bitten and the Company shed its diversifications, closed its factory and returned to Mary Avenue where the present business now operates through wholesale merchants.
1981
On 29th May Birtley was purchased by Hill & Smith Holdings PLC, a West Midlands engineering company with substantial steel stockholding, forging and steel fabrication businesses. Under Hill & Smith the Company now markets the Supergalv range of lintels and residential doors to the building industry, and enjoys a substantial business in sub-contract galvanizing providing a service to a wide range of industries throughout the North East of England. The Company operates from a 9 acre site at Mary Avenue, Birtley with 100,492 square feet under cover.
1989
On October 1st the name of the Company was changed from Birtley Manufacturing Lrd. to Birtley Building Products Ltd. The change of name coincides with a major reorganisation of the Company's commercial activity and a significant increase in the role the Company plays within the Hill & Smith Group. It is now the central focus of the responsibility for the sales of associate companies' products for the building industry.
1995
In November construction of the Birtley Galavanizing facility commenced.
1996
The new plant was completed and commissioned in May for the purpose of Hot-Dip Galvanizing of steel products, using the latest rechnology available at that time.

Downloads

Company Overview

Our Company Overview Document

Download

Accreditations

Latest News

23/02/12 Birtley Environmental Policy

As Birtley work towards gaining ISO 14001 accreditation we ...

01/09/11 New Website Launched

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new website.

31/08/11 Doors Brochure

New Doors Brochure released! The brochure is available for ...