Customers Benefiting from Flexibility and Quality of UK Manufacturing

Published: 14th May 2015 | Issue 33 Share article:

High spec forged fittings including forged tees, elbows and pipe fitting components required on short lead times? W H Tildesley provides the solution.

Working closely with each customer to understand their particular requirement enables us to adapt our production to meet the tight deadlines required in this industry.

‘There are many ways in which we can tailor our production to our customers’ unique requirements. In some cases we hold customers’ finished product onsite until it’s required by them. In others, we hold raw material and maintain forging dies so that they’re ready to go into the hammer within a few hours of notification. They key is to sit down with each customer individually and understand the needs of their business, to work out how we can best and most cost effectively support them.’

Many famous brands and leading providers use W H Tildesley produced forgings.

‘There are a lot of companies out there who are in the business of importing fittings by the container load in standard sizes and material grades. With all our manufacturing done in the UK, that’s a market in which we don’t try to compete. That said, we do produce some standard fittings in carbon steel grades and sizes, since we have customers that like to keep their supply with us for quality and reliability or just to keep their complete range purchased with one supplier. They also appreciate being close to a solution in case they have any issues they need to fix quickly.

‘Where we offer something slightly different is for high grade materials or non-standard fittings, which don’t get manufactured in bulk quantities and aren’t always available on a quick turnaround from stock. For instance, we produce a lot of tees and elbows in nickel alloys and super duplex stainless steels on low to medium quantity runs at short notice’ said Phil Hobley, sales and marketing manager.

W H Tildesley holds several NORSOK approvals. It manufactures tees, elbows and a wide range of fittings up to 70Kg. Drop forged blanks or finished components machined in-house.

WH Tildesley Ltd Forgings
Tel: 01902 366440
Web: www.whtildesley.com

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