GLYNWED INTERNATIONAL

 

 

 

 

UK based Glynwed International, is a market leader in pipe systems.  The company has around 10,000 employees in 230 locations in 30 countries.  Around 80% of their business is pipe systems with a turnover exceeding £900m.  

 

 

Crawley based Aalco, has supplied aluminium sheeting and stainless steels for the Borzoi joystick prototype car, for which a patent was granted, the Bluebird Electric BE1, the Bluebird Rover electric conversion and project Blueplanet Ecostar the BE3 world land speed record car using bluebird electric DC motors and battery cartridge exchange - for instant refueling between records runs (FIA ratified). A patent was also granted on the EV battery cartridge exchange in the BE1 and BE3.

 

The latest vehicle coming out of these stables is the vessel seen at the foot of this page, the technology for which is hidden inside and the subject of a patent application in January 201, also to be built in aluminium alloy.

 

 

Address of Company:

 

 

Headland House, 54 New Coventry Road, Sheldon, Birmingham, B26 3AZ

Tel: 0121 742 2366
Fax: 0121 742 0403

 


 

 

Business:

 

Group companies process metal and plastics and produce both intermediate and final products for a wide range of applications.

 

About Glynwed and Glynwed Pipe Systems


Glynwed is an international engineering company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which has repositioned itself to become a pipe systems manufacturer, which accounts for 80% of its revenues, and a manufacturer of food service equipment. Glynwed has revenues of over £ 900 million and 10,000 employees.

 


Glynwed Pipe Systems is the global market leader in the supply of performance pipe systems with over 230 locations in more than 30 countries. Glynwed Pipe Systems has 52% of its revenues in Europe and 42% in North America and services the gas, water, industrial, and building services industries.

 

 


 

 

Aalco is the UK’s largest independent multi-metals stockholder of Aluminium, Stainless Steel, Copper, Brass, Bronze and Nickel alloys.

There are 17 Aalco service centres located throughout the United Kingdom. Each service centre is able to supply a next day service in a broad range of sheets, plates, extrusions, bars, tubes, pipes and fittings by utilising their local stock facility. There is also a daily stock replenishment from The Metal Centre, which holds the most comprehensive stock range of stainless steel, and non-ferrous products in the UK.

 



Each Aalco offers additional stock and services personalised to the needs of the customers in their area. Customers can access not only an exceptionally wide range of standard products but also items manufactured, stored and shipped to individual customer specifications.

All Aalco locations have on site bar sawing, protective PVC sheet coating and guillotine services. Aalco customers can also access sheet polishing; coil slitting, blanking and cutting to length; as well as plate sawing and plasma profiling. Each Aalco can also supply, on a sub-contract basis, a further extensive range of processing facilities to meet individual customer requirements.

To contact your local Aalco service centre please visit the Aalco website:
www.aalco.co.uk

 

 

ABOUT US PRODUCT RANGE LOCATIONS & CONTACTS LITERATURE DOWNLOADS TECHNICAL INFORMATION LEGAL

 

 

 

 

 


ABERDEEN

Aalco
41 Castle Terrace
Aberdeen
AB11 5FA
Tel: 01224 596611
Fax: 01224 596622
e-mail: Aberdeen@aalco.co.uk

BIRMINGHAM

Aalco
Shelah Road
Halesowen
West Midlands
B63 3PH
Tel: 0121 5853600
Fax: 0121 585 6864
e-mail: Birmingham@aalco.co.uk

CHEPSTOW

Aalco
Avenue West
Newhouse Park Estate
Chepstow, Monmouthshire
NP16 6UD
Tel: 01291 638 638
Fax: 01291 638 600
e-mail: chepstow@aalco.co.uk

DYFED

Aalco
Units 3-4
Capel Hendre Industrial Estate
Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
SA18 3SJ
Tel: 01269 842044
Fax: 01269 845276
e-mail: Dyfed@aalco.co.uk

GLASGOW

Aalco
117 Clydesmill Place
Cambuslang Investment Park
Glasgow
G32 8RF
Tel: 0141 646 3200
Fax: 0141 646 3260
e-mail: Glasgow@aalco.co.uk

HULL

Aalco
Saxon Way
Priory Park West
Hessle
Hull
HU13 9PB
Tel: 01482 626262
Fax: 01482 626263
e-mail: hull@aalco.co.uk

LEEDS

Aalco
Unit 1
Revie Road, off Elland Road
LEEDS
LS11 8JG
Tel: 0113 276 3300
Fax: 0113 276 0382
e-mail: Leeds@aalco.co.uk

LIVERPOOL

Aalco
207 Great Howard Street
Liverpool
L5 9ZH
Tel: 0151 207 3551
Fax: 0151 207 2657
e-mail: Liverpool@aalco.co.uk

MANCHESTER

Aalco
Express Trading Estate
Stone Hill Road
Farnworth
Bolton
BL4 9NN
Tel: 01204 863456
Fax: 01204 863430
e-mail: Manchester@aalco.co.uk

NEWCASTLE

Aalco
First Avenue
Team Valley Trading Estate
Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE11 0NU
Tel: 0191 491 1133
Fax: 0191 491 1177
e-mail: Newcastle@aalco.co.uk

NORWICH

Aalco
Roundtree Way
Mousehold Lane
Norwich
NR7 8SR
Tel: 01603 787878
Fax: 01603 789999
e-mail: Norwich@aalco.co.uk

NOTTINGHAM

Aalco
Harrimans Lane
Dunkirk
Nottingham
NG7 2SD
Tel: 0115 988 2600
Fax: 0115 988 2636
e-mail: Nottingham@aalco.co.uk
Products and Services

 

Aerospace - Raw Materials
Alloy Steel Stockholders
Aluminium - Bars
Aluminium - Channel Sections
Aluminium - Extrusions
Aluminium - Plate
Aluminium - Profiles Supplier
Aluminium - Profiles, Special
Aluminium - Profiles, Standard
Aluminium - Sheet
Aluminium - Stockholders
Aluminium - Suppliers
Aluminium - Treadplate
Aluminium Alloy - Bars and Sections
Aluminium Alloy - Extrusions
Aluminium Alloy - Plate
Aluminium Alloy - Plate Stockholders
Aluminium Alloy - Rods
Aluminium Alloy - Sections
Aluminium Alloy - Shate
Aluminium Alloy - Sheets
Aluminium Alloy - Stockholders
Aluminium Alloy - Treadplate Stockholders
Aluminium Alloy - Tubes
Aluminium Extrusion
Aluminium Extrusion - Stockholders
Brass - Bar, Machining Grade
Brass - Rod
Brass - Sections
Brass - Sheet
Brass - Stockholders
Brass - Tube
Brass - Tube, Precision
Brewery - Fittings Stainless Steel
Bronze - Stockholders
Extrusions - Aluminium
Extrusions - Aluminium Alloy
Extrusions - Brass
Extrusions - Copper
Flanges - Stainless Steel
Pipe Fittings - Nickel Alloy
Pipe Fittings - Stainless Steel
Pipes - Stainless Steel
Plasma - Cutting Services
Stainless Steel - Bars, Cold Rolled
Stainless Steel - Billets
Stainless Steel - Bright Bars
Stainless Steel - Coil
Stainless Steel - Columns
Stainless Steel - Duplex Type
Stainless Steel - Duplex Type, Bars
Stainless Steel - Duplex Type, Sheet
Stainless Steel - Extrusions
Stainless Steel - Fittings
Stainless Steel - Flanges
Stainless Steel - Hollow Bars
Stainless Steel - Patterned
Stainless Steel - Perforated
Stainless Steel - Pipe Fittings
Stainless Steel - Pipes
Stainless Steel - Plate
Stainless Steel - Plate Sawing Service
Stainless Steel - Plates
Stainless Steel - Polishing
Stainless Steel - Precipitation Hardening
Stainless Steel - Precision
Stainless Steel - Profile Cutting service
Stainless Steel - Punched
Stainless Steel - Sections
Stainless Steel - Sheet
Stainless Steel - Special Finish
Stainless Steel - Strip
Stainless Steel - Tubes
Stainless Steel - Tubes, General
Stainless Steel - Tubes, Hygienic
Stainless Steel - Tubes, Welded
Stainless Steel - Welded Mesh
Stainless Steel Components - Brewing Industry
Stainless Steel Components - Chemical Industry
Stainless Steel Components - Food Industry
Stainless Steel Components - Petrochemical Industry
Stainless Steel Components - Pharmaceutical Industry
Tube - Aluminium
Tube - Aluminium Alloy
Tube - Brass
Tube - Stainless Steel
Tube - Stainless Steel, Seamless
Tube - Stainless Steel, Welded
Tube Fittings - Nickel Alloy
Tube Fittings - Stainless Steel
Wire Mesh - Stainless Steel

 

 

 

 

 

PROJECT LINKS

 

Alloys

Paints - Coatings, antifouling

Autonomy - Computers - Software

Project Estimates

Batteries

Project Objectives

Composites

PR Events - 

Construction - Modular

Propeller

Diving - Hull survey & repair

Record Attempt

Electronics - Collision Avoidance COLREGS

Screens - 

Galley - 

Solar Arrays - tracking theory PIC PCB  MPPT PV trackers 

                     Actuators & circuits

Hydraulics - Active hull - 

Stealth - Scorpion laser

Hull Design - Capsize - SWASSH - Lubrication

Timber - 

Life Support - 

Tank Testing - 

Model Construction

Tooling - 

Motors - DC v AC synchronous

Transmission - gearing & prop shaft/seals

Navigation  - Oceanographic surveying

Wind Turbines

 

 

 

Solar powered aluminum survey ship

Solarnavigator is an artificially intelligent robot ship with an efficient active hull made of marine grade aluminum. This ship is ideal as an oceanographic survey vessel due to its endurance capabilities, relatively high speed and low operating costs.

 

 

 

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