H J Weir Engineering Company Limited was established in the late 50’s by John Weir primarily as a research and development business concentrating on the laundry industry.
 

After seeing staff in his mother’s laundry on a day-to-day basis struggle with the hand feeding, folding and stacking of laundered flatwork the company concentrated its activities on the automation of this process which had a major impact on industrial laundries in the sixties and seventies by introducing the concepts and design for globally recognized products such as the Tru-Feed, the 1234 feeder, Compact Series folders, Stac-n-Fold and Foldmaker products.
 

Not wishing to expand too quickly in the manufacture of these products because of the concentration on research and development, John licensed the patented designs to well known companies such as American Laundry Machinery Company, British Laundry Machinery Company and Cefra of Italy to name but a few.

By 1970 faced with increasing demand for machines Weirs started to expand its own manufacturing capabilities in Chepstow where in 2006 a further 3,500 square feet was added to the existing 35,000 to enable increased production capacity.

H J Weir Engineering are the originators of flatwork handling technology.  Almost any automated laundry in the world will be using Weir technology somewhere in their plant.
 

Weir’s product development has continued unabated with new products introduced on a regular basis to fulfill market demands.  Weir products are marketed globally through a network of agents and distributors.  Customers in the U.K. are serviced directly by the Company.