Still family owned and independent it continues to grow both organically and through acquisition.
Since the mid 1970's we have concentrated on our steel stockholding business.
At the start of the 1980's we extended the services we provide by incorporating profile cutting.
We open our Stoke-on-Trent office.
Our steel stockholding division was consolidated into a separate subsidiary - Brown McFarlane Ltd.
The group opens a dedicated export department based in Sutton Coldfield to service its growing worldwide business. For further information click here
BMcF set up a joint venture to hold stocks of boiler and pressure vessel plate to sevice the rapidly expanding South African Process market place.
The group opens an office in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai.
Selling over 50,000 tonnes of plate, the group is now one of Europe’s major processor and stockholder of steel plate
The group purchases a 65% share in a South African company that processes special steels for the defence and process industries.
BMcF Far East established in Singapore. Headed up by Harold Lee, our facility will service the companies customers in South East Asia with the full range of the companies products.
A comprehensive range of wide area plate in both stainless and Duplex / Super Duplex steel is added to our product portfolio.
A new stockholding and processing facility is established, based in Johannesburg, the heart of South Africa's manufacturing centre.
One of the first stockholders in Europe to be awarded the prestigious ISO 14001 environmental management accreditation.
Brown McFarlane was founded in 1889 by Captain A R Brown, a former P & O Chief Officer. Captain Brown had worked in the Far East since 1868, charting and surveying the coastline of Japan.
At the turn of the century Captain Brown joined forces with a naval architect, George McFarlane to establish A R Brown McFarlane & Co Ltd.
The company was involved in the building of ships for Japan and export of machinery, electrical and other equipment, evolving into a steel stockholder and trader to a wider market.
A London office opened in 1915, to be followed by Antwerp, New York and Tokyo, supported by a worldwide agent network.
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Ladywell Works
New Century Street
Stoke-On-Trent
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United Kingdom
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Brown McFarlane
Unit 7, Lonmay Place
Panorama Business Village
Glasgow
G33 4ER
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Brown McFarlane
Suite 3, Holland House
Bath Street
Walsall
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Brown McFarlane
1 Bukit Batok Crescent
#04-48 WCEGA Plaza
Singapore 658604
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PO Box 16
Richards Bay 3900
KwaZulu Natal
South Africa
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Oryx Works
Jebel Ali Free Zone South
PO Box 17679
Jebel Ali
Dubai
United Arab Emirates