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Initially the Company was involved in both the tool and sporting goods trade, but as World War II approached, the market for sports equipment declined, and E. M. Lawson Ltd. concentrated on the industrial trade.
Over the years E. M. Lawson Ltd. expanded and consolidated its position in the market, gaining a reputation for quality, service and integrity.
In 1958 the Company changed its name to E.M. Lawson & Son Ltd., to reflect family involvement.
After moving to larger premises three times in 1972 the present address was purchased. This is an impressive almost purpose built 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse and trade counter.
A founder member of the T.H.S. Tools Ltd. buying consortium, E.M. Lawson & Son Ltd., have been able to compete against the national groups on pricing policies, assuring the company’s continued success. 1980 saw the Company go fully computerised. This was then a relatively new concept in business management; ledgers, stock, payrolls were all included in the systems.
Over the years the Company ventured into other fields: Construction, Art and Photography Services, projects that were brought to fruition and sold to create capital for further expansion programmes.
Lawson H.I.S. do, however, now concentrate on the business it knows and understands best, industrial supplies.
1992 saw the family firm E.M. Lawson & Son Ltd merge with a protective clothing and safety product distributor Hants Industrial Supplies Ltd., becoming Lawson H.I.S. Ltd. The new company is ideally placed to provide the single source solution to an unparalleled range of industries competitively, both quickly and efficiently.
Now possibly the largest independent in central southern England, Lawson H.I.S. supply a wide range of industries and takes pride in the service given.
As a result of its success Lawson H.I.S. are now stockists for most of the reputable brand names in the engineering, storage and protective coatings industries.
Major product groupings include: Abrasives, Adhesives, Cleaning & Janitorial, Clothing, Contractor’s Tools, Cutting Tools, Electrical, First Aid, Fixings, Footwear, Garden & Farm Tools, Hand Tools, Lubricants, Miscellaneous, Paint & Finishers, Power Tools, PPE Personal Protect, Precision Tools, PT Accessories, Safety Signs, Sealants, Storage and Welding.
Lawson H.I.S. today remains independent. 50% owned by the Lawson family, represented on the board by Beverley
Goddard who is the grandaughter of founder Ernest Lawson,
and 50% owned by the other two board members Paul Lyons and Tony Swales, who prior to the merger, owned Hants Industrial
Supplies Ltd.
In 1994, once again taking the lead in electronic business, the company set up its own web site through its then wholly-owned subsidiary UK industry Web Pages Ltd.
Even now, using all the experience and skill of a dedicated trailblazer in the world wide web, Lawson H.I.S appear very high in the google searches for tool suppliers even on a world wide basis.
Online, Lawson H.I.S. offer:
Many Sealey products with a Sealey Special Offers page. The site also features the complete Draper Tools catalogue available for you to search or browse.
Newly stocked items include the brand new Milwaukee V18 Power Tool range. Also the Milwaukee V28 Power Tool range as well as details of the amazing 28V Cordless system.
Lawson HIS Ltd provides one-stop industrial shopping nationally, and uniquely from an independent merchant.
Currently the company holds 30,000 stock lines in its 10,500 square feet stores and trade-counter offering a choice of top brand names at very competitive prices.
The company also offers an industrial catalogue on-line ordering service where customers can obtain free catalogues and brochures plus a few chargeable reference works.
The websites distributor’s page offers links to a wide range of top brand names while the enquiry form and mailing list enables customers to get information and order what is needed quickly and efficiently.
Products supplied are extremely wide ranging as follows:
Abrasive manufacturers stocked include 3M, Cora, Flexovit, Footprint, Garryson, Unicorn, EAC English Abrasives, Bibielle, Master Abrasives, J G Naylor, Saint Gobain Abrasives.
Adhesive tape: 3M Distributors, also packing tape, masking tape, electrical tape, tissue tape.
Adhesives: Permabond, Araldite and Loctite stocked
Corporate clothing: in-house service of heat-seal badging to shirts, tee-shirts, overalls, sweatshirts etc.
Cutting manufacturers stocked include Guhring, G & J Hall, Brooke, Hydra Clarkson, Joran, Heller, Kennametal Hertal edg, SGS Carbide Tool, L S Starrett, Titex, Toolex, Toolmex Polmach, Titman, Trend, as well as the Scimitar range of jobber drills.
Electrical accessories: basic electrical accessories stock include lamp bulbs, jojo cable reels, plugs and sockets
Fixings: nuts, bolts, washers, set screws, socket set screws, wood screws, self tappers. fixing manufacturers stocked include Recoil, Ramset, Rawlplug, JCS Hitorque (Jubilee Clips).
Hand tool manufacturers stocked include Bahco, Carolus, Draper, Dremotec, CK (Ceka), Eclipse, Electro, Sykes-Pickavant, Thor, Teng, Facom, Faithful, Gedore, Hilmor, Brian Hyde, L J Hydleman, King Dick, Stanley, Rothenburger, Danline, Isaberg Rapid AB, Paramo, Edward Pryor, Jack Sealey, Talco, Wera, Whitehouse.
Dickies & Makita products are key industrial clothing suppliers.
Janitorial supplies manufacturers stocked include Deb, Karcher, Numatic (Henry vacuum cleaner people)
Lubricants: The full range of Rocol lubricants available, Tetrosyl, Molyslip Atlantic, Ambersil, Croda, Totalfinaelf, Shell, Castrol and Fina. Full technical services are available on request. The Lubetech range of fluid control absorbents & spill response products is also available.
A wide range of miscellaneous products are stocked to support customers individual requirements including rock salt, ladders, step ladders, pallett trucks, sack trucks, crockery, wood fillers, padlocks and other security products.
Paint and painters tools: Primer, line-marking paint aerosols, hard-hat paint aerosols, floor paint, paint stripper - paint manufacturers stocked include Tikkurila, Hammerite, Rustoleum, Tetrosyl, and Plastikote.
Power tool manufacturers stocked include Makita, Metabo, Black and Decker, DeWalt, Desoutter, Bosch, Elektra Beckum, Fein, Generac, SDMO, Hitachi, Jack Sealey, Clarke power, Milwaukee, Nitto Kohki Europe, Trend and Ryobi.
PPE (personal protective equipment), the Company are distributors/stockists for MSA (formerly mine safety appliances), Chapman Smith, 3M, Moldex Metric, Racal.
Precision tool manufacturers stocked include Bowers metrology group, Moore & Wright, Mitutoyo.
Racking: Dexion racking and Dexion speedframe is stocked in depth including maxi bins plus Quigley metal products, Raaco, Metalrax and Metec products are available.
Safety footwear: manufacturers stocked include DeWalt, Makita, Tuskers, Jallatte, Dickies, CAT (Caterpillar) safety footwear.
Sealants: Siroflex Everseal silicon sealants, Rocol sealants and jointing compounds, Stag jointing compounds, Hermetite.
Tool Storage: Tool boxes, tool cabinets, tool chests and trolleys.
Welding Consumables: full range of welding accessories and consumables stocked. Eutectic and Sifbronze distributors.
By Brian Hall, Editor
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