Hastie, Bernard, & Co Ltd

Sectors:

  • Construction Building services installation inc electricity, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, etc
  • Textile production Industrial textiles production inc insulation, lagging & tyre cord

Notes:

Hastie family traces its business interests to 1880s. c1892 known as J Cameron Hastie & Co when principal activity was manufacture/installation of silicate cotton sheets as lagging for boilers and pipes. 1927 known as J C Hastie & Co when described as 'colliery and mill furnishers, boiler and steam pipe covering contractor, sheet metal worker, etc'. 1927 Bernard Hastie branched out to form Bernard Hastie & Co, engineering supply merchants. Incorporated 1945. Developed branches throughout UK dealing with a] installation of thermal insulation, fireproofing, suspended ceilings, etc and b] air conditioning, ventilation, fabrication, etc. By 1976 largest private insulation contractor in UK. Continues

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