Company Profile

The Attwater Group are the longest established manufacturer of industrial laminate in the UK. Established in 1868 by Richard Henry Attwater, the firm has moved from strength to strength, and is still in the Attwater Family to this day.

Over the years Attwater's products have been used in countless applications, from trams to white goods to cars to aeroplanes. The properties of the materials produced by the Attwater Group are such that the applications for which they are used are countless.

Today, the Attwater Group's core business is the manufacture, stocking, machining and supply of Industrial Laminate, Flexible Insulation, Tube & Rod. These products are generically referred to in industry as Bakelaque®, Technolaque®, Bakelite ®, Tufnol®, SRBP, SRBF, SRBG, GRP, and PGM.

The firm's motto "Progress Through Innovation"describes the company's philosophy and is the reason they remain the market leaders today.

The firm's technical team has some of the most experience people in the industry, including Tom Eland, the UK technical expert on the IEC International Standards working group for electrical laminates. The team is continually developing innovative new solutions the the challenges of an ever developing industry. They often work closely with customers, applying their knowledge and experience to specific problems that they may be experiencing.

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® Bakelite is the registered trademark of Bakelite AG - ® Tufnol is the registered trademark of Tufnol Composites Ltd.