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To coincide with the launch of our Instagram account we launched #copperchampion, where upon following any of our social media platforms and tag #copperchampion to an install photo enters plumber into the prize draw to win their weight in copper tube. Further information can be found on link to this post. As an added bonus the best image selected wins a Lawton Tube unique Trophy. Draw to take place at Installer Show, Coventry in September with special guest PB Plumber.

World Refrigeration Day is an international awareness campaign centred around June 26 to raise the profile of the refrigeration, air-conditioning and heat-pump sector and focuses attention on the significant role that the industry and its technology play in modern life and society.

Continual investment is key to any business and with growth in our accessories market, UK and overseas, that’s exactly what we continue to do. Current bulk rack expansion includes the installation of four new runs of pallet racking (36 bays) with integrated pick faces, taking our pallet capacity of 680 pallets towards a 1,000. Over 40% increase.

This month saw us launch a new product range, fire rated pre-insulated copper coils for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heat pump applications ex-stock. Comes in multiple size combinations and insulation thicknesses. Click on the link for further information.

Copper Tubes played an essential role during the Covid Pandemic. Copper pipes are perfect for carrying oxygen and other medical gases, from plant rooms to patient beds. And therefore for over 12 months we have supplied many hospitals in the UK and overseas with pipeline solutions to tackle the enormous task of getting vast supplies of oxygen throughout medical facilities.

British Standards Institute awarded Lawton Tubes with the certification ISO 14001 Environmental Standard, as part of our commitment to reduce our impact on the environment. Particular thanks to our Quality Team for all the hard work over the last 18 months but we can’t sit back as next audit is Feb 2021. This is a major achievement for the organisation.

Insider has revealed the winners of this year’s Made in the Midlands Awards, celebrating the region’s best and most innovative manufacturers. Awarding Lawton Tubes with this years Export Award. Robert Lawton heading up the export division commented they had unprecedented demand on their medical gas copper tubes supporting healthcare infrastructures around the world pre and post Covid 19.

This month saw Lawton Tubes being presented with official 100 years recognition from Companies House. The place where the UK Government register UK companies information and make it available to the public. Its worth noting we actually started trading back in 1918.

Exhibited at Arab Health January 2020, was our best week in over 5 years for meetings, seeing new visitors and gaining enquiries. Spread over 5 days Lawton Tubes saw medical gas installers and distributors from across the Middle East and South East Asia. 2020 would seem to be shaping up as being a very positive year for the life science industry.

A fitting tribute to another successful year for Lawton Tubes. Moving up the ranking of private owned mid-sized companies from 238 to 194! Thanks to sponsors Grant Thornton, Lloyds Bank and to the guest speakers Gymshark and The White Company. Great networking opportunities with the elite private mid-size British successes! Congratulations to Holland and Barrett

Supporting our UAE stockist and distributor at the Big 5 international building and construction show, Dubai. Full 5 day event meeting and greeting business individuals from Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. Where we discussed copper tubes for plumbing as well as air-conditioning and refrigeration.

Robert Lawton, Business Development Director, on behalf of Lawton Tubes received one of the most prestigious business prizes on the planet and announced it is on target to hit £15 million in overseas sales in 2019. Lawton Tubes was handed the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for its growth in international trade by John Crabtree OBE, the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands. All from a humble beginning in exporting seven years ago.

Here at Lawton Tubes things are looking up, literately! If 20 tennis courts worth of floor space wasn’t enough we’ve gone up 10 metres. To support our ever growing customer base and diverse product ranges, in October 2019 we installed additional racking to our warehouse.

Bangkok, southeast Asia’s biggest, most international exhibition for the medical and healthcare industry. Focused on equipment and supplies for the hospital, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, medical and rehabilitation sectors. Lawton Tubes took brave steps to seek customers in a brand new territory knowing full well it would be American standard medical gas copper tubes (ASTM B819) rather than the European (EN13448) it is so nominate in.

Thanks to Fasttrack, Sunday Times and HSBC for the recognition, article in the Sunday Times newspaper and a great networking evening hosted in London networking like minded entrepreneurs. 2019 will be a great year for Lawton Tubes and its exporting of copper pipes for the various projects in particular medical gas and air conditioning applications.