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Clayton Penistone Group

History The founder Herbert Fitzroy Clayton, was born in 1857 in the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. By the time he was twenty years old he was already well on the way to building an industrial empire, owning various wool and dying mills within the local area. He then went on to form Clayton & Co. (Huddersfield) Ltd to manufacture all types of commercial vehicles under the trade name “Karrier Motors”, which later had offices and depots around the world.

The factory based in Huddersfield employed over 1000 people. They also started making safety warning devices for the expanding railway industry. However because these required the use of Black Powder it was decided to move production out of Huddersfield onto a site in Penistone and so in 1895 a separate wholly owned subsidiary company was formed called Clayton & Co (Penistone) Ltd.

After trading under the original name of Clayton & Co (Penistone) Ltd for 110 years, and with business expanding and diversifying, the Board decided to form Clayton Penistone Group. The group is comprised of the original Clayton & Co (Penistone) Limited together with three subsiduaries, Clayton Project Engineering Limited, Clayton M&E Services Limited & Clayton iwt Limited.

Group Companies Clayton & Co (Penistone) Limited still concentrates on the manufacture and distribution of railway fog signal detonators, as the sole manufacturer within the United Kingdom together with distribution into europe.

Clayton Project Engineering Limited is primarily focused on providing engineering solutions into the water industry & holds a framework contract with Yorkshire Water for the provision of Control Instrumentation & Telemetry as well as working with other water utilities.

Clayton M&E Service Limited is focused on the provision of maintenance services both on actuators, valves and general mechanical and electrical equipment for the water industry.

Clayton IWT Limited is the biotechnology arm of the group designing bio-technology solutions for waste water treatment.