Welcome to the first newsletter of 2006.
In this issue of the newsletter, we have a change to the layout.
One of our members Solbraze
Ltd has suggested that we include a company profile in the
newsletter .
This is the first of these and will I hope become a regular
item
As usual any feedback you can give me is always welcome.
Read Foundry - Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Read Foundry was started in 1969 by my father Bob Read. Initially, the foundry made cast iron and bronze castings for the engineering sector. Castings produced included; bronze bearings for the cement works and for power presses. Cast iron castings for lifting gear and parts for heating boilers used in the coalmines.
As time went by, we became involved in the railway and automotive sectors which required the addition of an aluminium casting facility. Castings now included armature fans, bronze brush boxes, manifolds, bell housings, sumps and even office furniture.
Today we are still making these bronze, cast iron and aluminium castings and because we can specialise in 'one off ' and small batch runs we also cast such diverse individual items as vintage car and motorcycle components to model steam train parts and tooling for bottling and labelling machines.
Around 1996 we incorporated Jabez Attwood who have designed and manufactured greenhouse boilers for over 100 years. We still manufacture and supply these boilers to the greenhouse user. We have also developed a range of castings for the home and garden markets. These include painted and finished cast bronze house nameplates and numbers, boot scrapers, wall brackets, wind-bells, hose protectors and a range of sundials including: Draco sundials, wall sundials, birdbaths with sundial and table sundials. These products are sold under our Brierley Heritage mark.
We are also involved in local artist projects and have made a number of projects in bronze, including decorating a local shopping centre with bronze blockpavers, these were designed in clay by local school children. We then used their clay models as patterns to produce the pavers in bronze, which we antiqued and waxed so that they would remain untarnished for years.
We have also made:
To learn more about us or to obtain our brochure please contact us at:
Read Foundry Ltd, Meeting Lane, Brierley Hill, West Midlands,
DY5 3LB.
Contact: John Read Tel/Fax 01384 79399 email:
johnhkread@btconnect.com
To have your profile published here please email me: syd@britishproductsdirectory.co.uk
Several new members have recently joined and just in case you haven't spotted the more recent ones, I've listed them below.
Transparent Glass
Studio - This glass studio produces a range of bespoke
innovative work for interior and architectural commissions and
uses a range of techniques including stained glass, sandblasting,
kiln-forming and fusing for the creation of doors, windows,
lighting, interior screens and glass wall panels.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_stainglass.htm
Blue Island Ceramics
- Helen Rees is an Artist who paints on Ceramics, mainly Plates
and Tiles from her studio in Ynyslas, near Aberystwyth in
Mid-Wales.
Her work draws on themes from Welsh Culture, Life and Myth and
she also paints Original Designs that make use of bold and
vibrant colours and designs.
The full range of her work can be seen at her web site
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/wales/welsh_crafts.htm
Wild Wood & Rose
- Wild Wood & Rose sell a range of Luxury bath and body
products that are made in Britain & Ireland.
Their ranges include bath bubbles, bath soaks, creams, room
scents, drawer scents and soap.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/southwest/sw_beauty.htm
Annabel Chaffer of
Mayfair - Annabel Chaffer offers a fabulous range of
British luxury Designer Accessories and Gifts.
These include: Clocks, Country Pursuits, Designer Jewellery, Desk
Accessories, Dining Accessories, Gifts for Dog Lovers and many
more.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/southeast/se_gifts.htm
Cashflow Acceleration
Limited - We offer a free independent quotation search
service for;
Factoring, invoice discounting, trade finance, asset finance and
commercial finance.
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/southeast/se_finance.htm
Supported by:
http://www.dhconsulting.com/