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J S WRIGHT - CELEBRATING 125 YEARS

1890

1895

1900

1905

1910

1915

1920

1925

1930

1906 Move made to larger offices at 85½ Dale End

1890 John Shilrock Wright receives certificate of registration for

plumbing business

1920s William Edward Shilrock Wright, younger son of founder, becomes

managing director1940s Government contracts awarded for munitions and

armaments factories and armed forces camps

1890 First office opened at 102 Moor Street, Birmingham

1929 Hot and cold water facilities installed for all bedrooms at Grand Hotel, Birmingham

1960

1965

1970

1975

1980

1985

1990

1995

1958 Steam heating system designed and installed for JCB

factory in Staffordshire

1968 J S Wright bought by architectural hardware group

Newman Tonks

1987 Management buyout by Edwin Moore, David Osborne

and Peter Marsh

2005 Fourth office move to Atlas House in Aston

1961 Third office move to 4 Bartholomew Road

1990 Services installed for Birmingham’s new five-star

Hyatt Regency Hotel

2007 Combined Ibis and Etap at Birmingham Airport marks 50th

hotel completion for Accor Group

2000

1950s Overseas projects include new Parliament building and royal

palace in Baghdad 1957 William Wright pictured with

JSW employees in year elected Solihull Mayor

2005

2010

2015

2008 Launch of J S Wright Academy

for company apprentices

First two employees qualify as CIBSE Low Carbon Consultants

Winner of Building Services Journal M&E Contractor of the Year award

2010 5,000th student apartment equipped in

Birmingham at Bagot Street

2011 First £10 million contract awarded for

Mint Hotel, Tower of London

Named HVAC Contractor of the Year at H&V News Awards

1,000th new home completed in London

2011 New London Office opened

2012 Awarded PAS99 standard for integrated management system

2013 Honoured for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry at

H&V News Awards

2013 Launch of Foremen’s Academy in conjunction with

Dale Carnegie

2015 Named Building Services Contractor of the Year winner at

H&V News Awards

2015 Apprentice wins B&ESA Craft Trainee of the Year award for

third year running

1940 1950

1935 1945 1955

2015 New Bristol Office opened

2014 Biggest-ever value package of services worth £18m for Indescon Court in London

Management structure strengthened with new tier

of Associate Directors

IN 1890…Shredded Wheat was invented as a

whole wheat breakfast cereal by Henry Perky in Denver, Colorado

Bovril was launched on shop shelves

after being developed to

feed 19th Century armies - and was

later prescribed to beat flu

Britain’s first weekly comic paper was published under

the title of Comic Cuts

The first ever official County Championship match was played at Bristol between Gloucestershire and

Yorkshire (Yorkshire won)

The Barbarians Rugby Team was created by Blackheath’s William

Percy Carpmael as the first rugby touring side to include players

from all over the world

The first underground railway in the world to use electric trains (rather than steam locomotives) began services between

Paddington and Farringdon