2012 marks the start of an important twelve months, historically for Steelway. In early January 2013 we celebrate 85 years of trading here at our Queensgate Works site in Wolverhampton. It's been an eventful few years and while the world's eyes will be on London in June for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, we at Steelway will be quietly reflecting on the (minor) role we had in helping to crown the Queen back in 1953.

This may seem like a tall claim but what many people possibly do not realise is that in 1937 Steelway manufactured the pedestrian crowd control barriers for the coronation of the Queen's father King George VI. These barriers due to their special design and highly engineered construction were fit for use 16 years later to keep the crowds of well-wishers safe.

We have built on this engineering expertise and other notable projects which we have worked on include two James Bond films, the Thames Barrier, Forth Bridge and the July 2000 famous charity tennis event for the NSPCC Full Stop campaign at Buckingham Palace.

In the late 1970's we complied the now highly sought after A5 Technical Guide which was so well received that more than 20 years after the last edition rolled off the Printing presses (the famous “red book edition”) we are regularly asked if we still produce the guide. We have in the last twelve months taken on eight apprentices who are currently in the process of learning all of the knowledge and engineering expertise that we have gained over the last 84 years which ensures that should our services be required in the future for our third coronation we will be well placed to assist in our own small way.

Engineering excellence fit for Queen and Country