Wolseley plc
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- Ian Meakins ( Group Chief Executive)
- Gareth Davis ( Chairman )
Wolseley plc is a UK company. The company is listed in the FTSE 100. Wolseley offers building facilities of various kinds in the world, particularly plumbing and heating supplies. The company's headquarters is located for the purpose of tax savings on the Channel Island of Jersey.
History
The Wolseley Sheep Sheering Machine Company Ltd.. was founded by the Irish Frederick York Wolseley in Sydney, Australia, 1887. It was the first company to manufacture a mechanical sheep shearing machine. 1889 Wolseley had the patents a new company, which had its headquarters in London.
The future vehicle manufacturer Herbert Austin joined the company in 1888 in Australia; He left Australia in collaboration with Frederick York Wolseley in November 1893 and built in Broad Street, Birmingham, England, a work on. Austin had a significant influence on the company, as Wolseley 1894 ceased in the company.
Austin built a larger factory in Aston, Birmingham, and began the manufacture of bicycles. 1896 Austin designed the first Wolseley car and car models were produced. 1901, the passenger car segment, " Wolseley Tool & Motor Car Company Limited" Vickers was purchased. Austin left out the company in 1905 and founded his own company at Longbridge. 1926 Wolseley Motor Car Company at William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield sold (see other companies in the course of article: Wolseley Motor Company ).
Herbert Austin was again in the meantime the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Ltd.. returned. The company continued to produce sheep shearing machines and other agricultural equipment.
In the 1950s, the company produced various agricultural vehicles. In 1958, the company merged with the company Geo H. Hughes, the tires produced. The company was renamed Wolseley -Hughes.
In the 1960s Wolsely -Hughes bought the company Nu- Way Heating Limited, which the company began to transform itself into a manufacturer of heating systems for buildings. This product division became the subsidiary OBC. 1965 Wolseley acquired the company Granville Controls and Yorkshire Heating Supplies and thereby extended the offer of OBC.
1982 came with the acquisition of the company Ferguson Enterprise, a provider of plumbing services on the east coast of the United States. 1992 Wolseley acquired the French company Brossette.
The company's headquarters was relocated in November 2010 to Jersey and the corporate headquarters by train, Switzerland.