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The innovative and easy to install KOTA™ range of profiles including skirting and architraves are from this month, readily available to buy in retail stores throughout the UK, having launched at Bunnings Warehouse and Arnold Laver. KOTA™ has long been established as a stock item at B&Q, so the range at Bunnings Warehouse and Arnold […]

This month sees MDF profiling specialist W.Howard Group introduce a new range of special primed profiles – called the Signature Range. The collection of tooling ready profiles has been launched on the Group’s website offering a wider range of choice for the builders’ merchant market. The Signature Range will provide customers with additional profiling options if […]

McKenna Re-joins Kildare Site as W.Howard MD. Leading MDF profiles manufacturer The W.Howard Group has announced Paul McKenna as the new managing director for its Kildare site. The appointment comes just eight months after the business acquired the Irish operation, formerly known as Balcas Kildare. Paul, who is from Straffan re-joins the business having spent […]

The W.Howard Group has recently gained a Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) accreditation meaning that it has demonstrated high environmental and health and safety requirements. The standard also enables the Group to deliver into central London. The Group, which has 11 HGV’s and 2 vans at two of its four UK and Irish operating centres, […]

MDF profile manufacturer and distributor, The W.Howard Group has appointed top sales talent to its expanding UK and Irish team. Andy Minas (on the left above) joins the team as national account manager (South), joining the business from Jet Cox and formerly of Catnic where he has 12 years experience looking after builders merchants, distributors, […]

We don’t often get to see our products in their final glory…. we supply to the trade (builders merchants etc.) who then supply to the final customer so we rarely here where or how our product is used. Except in this instance! We heard about a particularly stylish installation via one of our builders merchants, […]

New acquisition for W.Howard… The W.Howard Group has acquired Balcas Kildare Ltd, Ireland’s largest manufacturers of MDF profiles resulting in the formation of a new company – W.Howard Kildare Limited. The Group believes the buyout will significantly enhance the business’ commercial offering by reducing lead times and increasing production capacity across its three sites and […]

Offsite, prefabricated, modular… call it what you will, but it’s a rapidly growing industry in the construction world and W.Howard is involved! Individual modules made in factories can be built to a much higher quality and allow for exact duplicates to be quickly produced. These modules can then be delivered and installed on site, linking […]