If you have ever driven through Wolverhampton you will no doubt have driven past Steelway’s premises. Located on the Bilston Road just outside the town centre this leading engineering and fabrication company specialises in the manufacture of steel, aluminium and GRP products. Their history ties them to the beating heart of Wolverhampton as it has evolved through the ages.
Steelway was founded back in 1928 at the Queensgate Works site in Wolverhampton by C.W. Goodyear. The original products that the company produced doesn’t much differ from today. In 1931 Steelway merged with F Hammond & Co who who were established manufacturers of handrails. The company was associated with J Brockhouse & Co Ltd of West Bromwich. Steelway were the sole selling agents of drop forged handrail standards manufactured by J Brockhouse & Co and in turn Mr. J.V.H. Brockhouse was the selling agent in London for all Steelway products.
1934 saw the launch of the Steelway pedestrian guard rail. The first pedestrian safety barrier, in the UK, was successfully installed at a busy junction in Wolverhampton. The barrier was commissioned due to an accident involving a boy, the barriers were installed to prevent pedestrians walking off a blind corner into the path of motorists. Following on from this success, Steelway manufactured London’s first safety barriers at Britannia Crossing, Camden Town.
During the Second World War, Steelway were involved in the manufacture of stretchers for injured personnel and were members of the National Scheme for Disabled Men. Many of the workforce who left to fight in the war effort returned to fill their original positions.
Steelway presently have several operating divisions, Steelway’s core division produce architectural metalwork and access metalwork for various sectors. Steelway Fensecure supply Steel fencing solutions including security fencing, sports fencing and MUGA’s. The Steelway Brickhouse division manufacture and install a range of access covers. Steelway Rail serve the wide and varied specialised engineering requirements of the Rail industry including heritage railways products and rail infrastructure products. Finally Steelway Protect provides a continually expanding range of LPCB certified steel security products.
Steelway operate from two manufacturing plants based in Wolverhampton and West Bromwich and employ over 160 people in the West Midlands region.
