ABOUT Us

Malthouse Engineering was set up in 1947 and has grown from strength to strength allowing the acquisition of other companies along the way.

Initially acquired as a division of Keiton Engineering, which was also incorporated into The Malthouse Group along with Keiton in 2020.

Empyrium Profilers, this was incorporated into the group in 1992 after many successful years of trading as an independent company.

In 1987, Keiton became the first acquisition of The Malthouse Group. It traded as it’s own limited company until 2020 where it was incorporated at head office in Oldbury.

Midland Steel Profiles became part of The Malthouse Group in September 1998 and has been a valuable division ever since.

Lynrose Engineering – was located in Worcester for more than 30 years offering a comprehensive flame cutting and steel profiling service, now incorporated as part of The Malthouse Group, in Oldbury.

ABOUT

OUR SERVICE

Malthouse Engineering is the UK's largest steel profilers offering Steel Profiles up to 500mm thick in a range of certified materials. We have one of the largest Lumsden Grinders in the UK capable of grinding material up to 126 inches in diameter. As a company, our business’s turnover is today worth some £10 million, employing around 80 people.
HISTORY

1947

Founded in 1947, they were originally based in Orchard Street in the town centre, based in an old malthouse. The original site has been subsumed by the Council House, which was built over that area. In many ways, the story of Malthouse Engineering represents the initiative and optimism of the post-war period – a time when hundreds of servicemen returned to the area from overseas to begin anew, starting fresh businesses in Oldbury.
HISTORY

BERT HANDS

As a young lad, Bert Hands used to deliver groceries to local metal companies, including the big steel stockholding firm of Bell & Harwood in Duke Street, West Bromwich. He found a job in manufacturing
HISTORY

WORKING CONDITIONS

At first, the working conditions were tough. There was only one stove in the office building and the factory itself was dark, cold and damp. The ceiling was very low and a special low headroom crane had to be brought from Liverpool. They had no means of boiling a kettle, and they paid a Mrs Price, who lived around the corner, to bring them a jug of tea twice a day. The Price family had been caretakers of the three malthouses in and around Oldbury.
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1970's

By the late 70s the company was, along with many other locally, losing business. In 1978 its fabrication bay was closed and a third of the factory lay empty. The recession of the 80s made things worse – manufacturing falling by 14% between 1979 and 1982. It was into this unpromising environment that Roy Taylor arrived, as the new Managing Director, following the retirement of Bert Hands. He placed a new emphasis on customers needs and planned to diversify.