issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources welwyn tool group news newspapers books scholar jstor free images april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message welwyn tool group limited type private industry tool distribution founded 1952 welwyn garden city united kingdom headquarters welwyn garden city united kingdom key people robert berman founder website welwyntoolgroup.com welwyn tool group limited is a tool distribution company based in welwyn garden city hertfordshire united kingdom . the company is responsible for the distribution and after sales service of products manufactured by swiss company leister technologies in the united kingdom and ireland . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 divisions 4 external links 5 references history edit the company was founded in 1952 by robert berman as welwyn tool co ltd. 3 during the same year the company formed its partnership with leister technologies opening up the uk market to the company . in 1983 robert berman retired from the company handing ownership to his son thomas berman . in 2005 thomas berman announced his retirement . shortly after his announcement the company was sold to key personnel and became welwyn tool group limited . products edit the company primarily distributes tools manufactured by leister technologies however the company also distributes specialist tools manufactured by german company widos . 4 the key products distributed by the company are plastic welding tools plastic extrusion tools 5 pipe fusion equipment industrial process heaters and blowers in addition to this the company acts as the main service and repair centre for leister in the united kingdom and ireland . 6 divisions edit leister uk distribution of leister tools throughout the uk and ireland workzone an online hand tool distributor widos uk uk supplier of widos plastic pipe fusion equipment external links edit company website references edit http www.leister.com en distribution.html continent 6a2bd538 ae45 47fd 9bc1 638c0ddcbea5 & country 81a487bf 8035 443e 8987 ae0e9113a801 http www.britishplastics.co.uk x directorydetails.html category & bid 1084 & m b http www.welwyntoolgroup.com about.aspx pipe fusion butt fusion and plastic pipe welding equipment from widos . web.archive.org . retrieved 2016 07 25 . detailed welding of membrane linings welwyn tool group launches new tool kit . web.archive.org . retrieved 2016 07 25 . http www.welwyntoolgroup.com service.aspx retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title welwyn tool group & oldid 731490875 categories companies based in hertfordshirecompanies established in 1952distributorshidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from april 2011all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from april 2011all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 18 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view