Company news

The Hardware Journal of Ireland have recently published a great piece on W.Howard’s involvement in a unique heritage renovation project. The Chapel apartments, a redevelopment of a historic Wesleyan Methodist Chapel School, have used our skirtings and architraves in white KOTA™ as well as our American Black Walnut veneered. Read the Hardware Journal article HERE (on page 87) Read more […]

Celebrating 60 Years of Business as the Lead TTJ Awards Sponsor As part of our 60 year anniversary celebrations, this month we are proud to be headline sponsor for the 2018 TTJ Awards which is taking place on 21 September at the InterContinental Park Lane in London. The awards, which annually showcase the successes of […]

We are delighted to have been included in the Builders’ Merchants Federation’s (BMF) One Voice Autumn magazine, where we have been featured as a new supplier member. The BMF represents and protects the interests of both merchants and suppliers to the merchanting industry. Please click HERE to view the magazine (our feature is on page 42).

Leading supplier of MDF profiles, The W.Howard Group, has made a substantial investment into its Kildare site, with the introduction of a MAKOR production line. The replacement of a single pass line introduces significant commercial flexibility to its operation in Ireland with a potential increase of around 80% available to the group capacity. As the […]

W.HOWARD SIGNS UP TO THE BMF IN COMMITMENT TO INDUSTRY Leading supplier of MDF profiles, The W.Howard Group has, this month, signed up to membership of the BMF (Builders Merchants Federation). Signalling its continued commitment to the industry and its valued customers, the business has joined the national organisation to be active in progressing the […]

New Commercial Director Joins W.Howard Team Leading MDF profile supplier, The W.Howard Group will this month welcome new Group Commercial Director, Simon Fleet to its growing business. Simon, from Shrewsbury joins the W.Howard team in its landmark 60th anniversary year and will be heading up the sales, marketing and customer services operations. Simon has over […]

W.Howard Awards Future Talent at North West Timber Trade Association Dinner Last month we were delighted to sponsor the North West Timber Trade Association (NWTTA) Dinner where we had the privilege of awarding the NWTTA’s Student Architect Prize for 2018. Talented students from Liverpool University’s School of Architecture submitted entries and first place was awarded […]

FORS SILVER SUCCESS FOR W.HOWARD TEAM As part of our ongoing FORS commitments and desire to progress further in the systems and criteria set out by FORS, we recently applied for and were successfully accredited with FORS Silver status for our Astley operating centre. This means that W.Howard Ltd not only meets, but exceeds the […]

The W.Howard Group has supplied a range of MDF mouldings solutions for an exciting residential renovation project in the North West, called The Chapel Apartments. During the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Wesleyan Methodist Chapel School, an interesting discovery was made by unearthing a time capsule dating back to 1906. Located in the picturesque […]