Drop Forging Specialist Shows its Commitment to the Valve Industry

W H Tildesley Ltd, a specialist drop forging manufacturer, has joined BVAA. For over 130 years the company has manufactured forgings on its site in the West Midlands. The company specialises in producing closed die drop forgings in a wide range of materials.

‘We already serve many customers that are included on the BVAA members list. We see joining as a good way to communicate with these existing customers and with companies that don’t yet know us’ says Sales and Marketing Manager Phil Hobley.

‘Hopefully, we can use our membership to talk about the product performance and economic benefits offered by the forging process in general, as well as to promote the specific benefits of coming to W H Tildesley to fulfil any existing forging requirements that companies may have.’

W H Tildesley is ISO9001 accredited and holds several NORSOK approvals. It produces forgings in ferrous and nonferrous materials including carbon steel, stainless steels, duplex and super duplex, nickel alloy and aluminium, amongst others.

‘We continually invest in our operation – people, processes and plant’ continued Phil Hobley.

‘A recent £1.3M upgrade to our plant makes ours one of the most modern drop forging facilities in the UK. We follow the LEAN manufacturing path to ensure we compete on cost as well as quality.’

W H Tildesley’s Oil & Gas sector customers include large multi-national organisations as well as smaller independent operators. It can support long or short run orders with no minimum order quantity requirement.

A wide product range includes forged flanges, elbows, tees, bonnets, yokes and valve bodies.

Phil Hobley concludes ‘We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service, short lead-times and on-time delivery. We offer product design support and process simulation to optimise the forged product for weight and ease of manufacture. We have an in-house machine shop for proof or finish machining, if required. All this enables us to provide our customers with a complete forging solution from initial enquiry through to finished parts production.’

WH Tildesley Ltd Forgings
Tel: 01902 366440
www.whtildesley.com

Published: 18th November 2014