W.I.R.S was founded in 1965 by the current Directors Walter Hayward and Chairman Alfred Tanner to supply the welding and engineering industries with a comprehensive range of quality cutting and welding equipment, consumables and allied accessories.

Four years later, following the success of the Wolverhampton operation, a branch office and stores was opened in Stoke on Trent, which has more recently been re-sited in new warehouse and offices in Crabtree Close, Fenton, Stoke on Trent.

During 1987 John Brain, the current managing Director, joined the W.I.R.S board and under his direction the company has continued to grow in strength to become one of the major welding equipment and engineering distributor outlets in the UK.

The new millennium was celebrated with the opening of 9,500 square foot operating facility adjoining it’s existing 7,500 square foot warehouse and head office block, situated alongside the main Wolverhampton ring road and close to the major motorway network system. The new building incorporates additional bulk storage facilities, a large product display area, a demonstration area and a first class fully equipped service / repair department.

Companies represented by W.I.R.S include 3M, Binzel, ITW Welding Products ( Miller ), Nederman, SAF Oerlikon and SIA Abrasives with both ITW and Nederman awarding the company UK top distributor awards for three consecutive years. W.I.R.S are also one of the only two approved service centres in the UK for 3M powered air equipment.

W.I.R.S (Wolverhampton) Limited is a quality approved company achieving BSEN IS0 9001:2000 approval as a stockist and distributor of welding equipment and consumables, service, calibration, hire, and repair of welding equipment, copies of our certificates are available upon request. In recent years we have invested heavily in updating our computerised systems manned by our skilled internal sales team who ensure your requirements are speedily dealt with. The huge success of the company is due to its ability to respond to customer’s urgent requests as and when they occur, whether it is a product supply request or a request for a machine service engineer. W.I.R.S prides itself with being able to respond the same day or within 24 hours from our stock of 2,500 line items with purchase value exceeding £500,000, using our own fleet of delivery vehicles or specially selected carriers. Our service engineers are fully trained and highly skilled, each being mobile to enable repair work to be carried out on the customer’s premises or if necessary to be carried out in our newly built, fully equipped service / repair department.

It has to be said that during its 40 years of trading, W.I.R.S (Wolverhampton) Limited, has become recognised as a leading supplier of welding equipment with undisputed reputation for quality and service.