User:Jabomet/sandbox

Heap & Partners Ltd


Heap & Partners is a British engineering company headquartered in Birkenhead, Wirral, England. Founded in 1866 by William Heap, Heap & Partners manufactures and distributes industrial valves. Heap & Partners also holds offices in Teesside and London.

History and Founder
Heap & Partners was founded by William Heap III (23 September 1826 – 10 March 1912), an English civil engineer who principally worked on the building of railway lines in Britain, Europe, Canada and India alongside manufacturer Thomas Brassey.

After working alongside Brassey for fourteen years on numerous projects, Heap parted ways and created his own company in 1866. In partnership with Thomas Arkle, he set up Heap and Arkle as a Liverpool iron merchant which provided consultancy on the design of structures and pumps. Additionally, as an engineering company, Heap and Arkle manufactured and supplied engineering goods throughout the UK and around the world.

Thomas Arkle left the company in 1891 and it became Heap & Co. . William Heap’s nephew, John Douglas Crichton – father of film director Charles Crichton, who directed A Fish Called Wanda – joined the firm in 1894 and further developed the engineering side of the business. When William Heap retired, John Crichton and Arthur Atkins took over the running of the company.

Heap & Partners Today
Today Heap & Partners designs, manufactures and distributes industrial valves and associated equipment to the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, and nuclear industries worldwide.