Goodwin plc

Goodwin plc is a heavy engineering firm located in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The company, which specialises in the supply and fabrication of castings, is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

History
The company was founded by Ralph Goodwin as a supplier and fabricator of machined castings in Stoke-on-Trent in 1883. It established a foundry as well as a fabrication plant. The fabrication plant carried out machining, fabrication and assembly work on the castings produced by the foundry. The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1958, and it remains one of the 10 oldest companies listed there.

In 1984, Goodwins became the first steel foundry in the world to be awarded accreditation by the British Standards Institution to BS5750 (now ISO9001) for casting production. In 2006 the company was awarded the Queen's Award for International Trade.

The company was criticised in 2012 for its failure to comply with the requirements of the Financial Services Authority that it have non-executive directors on the board.

Applications
Goodwin castings are used in a variety of projects. Some of the more high-profile projects are listed below:

Bridges

 * Hardanger Bridge
 * Oakland Bay Bridge Eastern Span Replacement
 * Tsing Ma Bridge
 * Jiangyin Yangtze River Bridge

Structural/Architectural

 * Faslane Naval Base
 * Stratford station
 * Ludwig Erhard Haus, Börse Berlin
 * Paddington station

Power Generation (including Nuclear)

 * Pelamis Wave Energy Converter
 * Sizewell B nuclear power station
 * Sellafield re-processing plant