History

Swift and Whitmore Limited was founded in 1968 and has since grown to be the UK’s largest independent manufacturer and supplier of abrasives to all industry sectors. Their customer base covers the entire industrial spectrum from small welding supplies companies to the largest steel manufacturers and foundry groups. Swift and Whitmore Limited can call on the leading global producers of abrasive products and technology.

Stock

Swift and Whitmore carry a considerable stock of abrasive products and as an independent company have no ties to individual suppliers giving the ability to source or produce non stock items, resulting in the best price and availability.  They operate their own transport fleet, allowing prompt delivery with the majority of orders usually being completed within 24 hours.

Technical Sales

The Swift and Whitmore team of sales engineers have many years of experience in the field and are available to visit your workplace to discuss your grinding applications and advise you of any improvements that might be made to your productivity and wheel performance.

Swift and Whitmore aim to provide you with the product and technical back up to see your projects through from conception to completion. Swift and Whitmore Limited are committed to quality, service and reliability.

Suppliers to:

  • Aerospace
  • Steel
  • Foundry
  • Primary Metals
  • Laboratory Cutting
  • Oil and Gas
  • Medical
  • Cutlery surface conditioning
  • Construction industries

Customer Service

  • Qualified engineers can help our customers to optimize their grinding processes.
  • Safety and quality is our highest priority.
  • Bespoke product can be engineered for our customer’s specialist applications.
  • Over £1.5M stock held in our warehouse.
  • Reliable logistics.

Standards and Safety

Swift and Whitmore pride themselves on being at the forefront of manufacturing and safety standards.  They are active members of the ‘British Abrasives Federation’ (BAF) and contribute towards the drafting and improvement of EN and ISO standards through the ‘Federation of European Producers of Abrasives’ (FEPA).

QMS

Swift and Whitmore are certified to ISO 9001: 2015.