Painter Brothers

Painter Brothers was founded in Hereford, England in 1920http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/wiki/Painter_Brothers GRACE'S GUIDE and incorporated in 1929.{{Cite web|url=http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/painter-brothers|title=PAINTER BROTHERS LIMITED, HR4 9SW : Companies House Number 00238081}}

In conjunction with Callender's Cable and Construction Co Ltd, Painter Brothers provided the steelwork for the first Callender-Hamilton unit-construction hangars ordered by the British Air Ministry in the pre-World War II rearmament programme.http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%200196.html FLIGHT, JANUARY 20, 1938

The company manufactured the Skylon, the iconic ‘Vertical Feature’ that was the emblematic symbol of the 1951 Festival of Britain.http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=33317 EXHIBITION SITE READY FOR OPENING – British Pathé

In 1955 Painter Brothers became a member of the BICC plc group of companies and now operates within the Balfour Beatty Power Networks Division.{{Cite web|url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/companyprofile.php|title = About us}} This has enabled the company to offer a fully integrated service that includes all aspects of overhead electrical transmission with worldwide distribution.

In 1968 the company was awarded the Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement.

All manufacturing is carried out at the Hereford site. Accurate fabrication of all structures is achieved by the full use of computer controlled production techniques.

The company specialises in the manufacture of:

• Callender-Hamilton lattice girder bridge systems.
• Communications masts and towers for radio and television broadcasting and for microwave and satellite communications.
• Galvanised steel towers for the electrical transmission and distribution industries.
• Lattice distribution poles, sub-station support steelwork, flare stack support structures, rail electrification gantry structures and crossarm steelwork.

• Kyaka Bridge in Tanzania with a reduced centre span to allow maximum clearance for shipping.{{Cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=24 |title=Painter Brothers - the Kyaka River Bridge in Tanzania |access-date=2011-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324032736/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=24 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead }}https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcell_claassen/4668655005/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
• Chumphon Rail Bridge in Thailand located on the main southern line between Bangkok and the Malaysian border.{{cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=25 |title=Painter Brothers - The Chum Phon Rail Bridge in Thailand. |website=www.painterbrothers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311190713/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=25 |archive-date=2006-03-11}}
• Crystal Palace Tower in London.{{cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=30 |title=Painter Brothers - Crystal Palace Tower in London |website=www.painterbrothers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311190955/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=30 |archive-date=2006-03-11}}
• Gorai River Bridge in Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=23 |title=Painter Brothers - The Gorai River Bridge in Banagladesh. |website=www.painterbrothers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311190645/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=23 |archive-date=2006-03-11}}
• Tal-y-Cafn Bridge in North Wales. The bridge is a Callender-Hamilton Type B10.{{Cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=22 |title=Painter Brothers - Tal-y-Cafn Bridge in North Wales |access-date=2011-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324032719/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=22 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |url-status=dead }}
• Tekezé River Bridge in Ethiopia.{{cite web |url=http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=26 |title=Painter Brothers - Tekeze Bridge in Ethiopia. |website=www.painterbrothers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060311190634/http://www.painterbrothers.com/itemdetails.php?id=26 |archive-date=2006-03-11}}

• [http://www.painterbrothers.com/ Company website]

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