ancon building products type private industry building founded 1967 founder george clark headquarters sheffield united kingdom key people stuart maxwell managing director products stainless steel owner crh plc number of employees 300 website www.ancon.co.uk ancon building products is a company that designs and manufactures stainless steel products for the construction industry founded and still based in sheffield united kingdom . the main products being wall tie and brickwork support systems . ancon is part of the crh group . the total workforce is around 500 employees . some projects ancon has worked on include the cholera monument in sheffield uk 1 the lighthouse in salford quays uk 2 one london wall in london uk 3 a buddhist temple in new york usa 4 and the marousi train station in athens greece . 5 contents 1 brief history 2 overseas representation 3 product range 4 see also 5 references 6 external links brief history edit ancon ltd is the result of mergers between several companies including george clark ancon stainless steel fixings in 1993 and ccl systems acquired in 1998 . george clark of sheffield was founded in 1882 and ancon stainless steel fixings was founded in 1971 . the firm also acquired harris and edgar based in epsom surrey . following these merges the ancon head office was relocated to a purpose built premises located at president way in sheffield . ancon went on to be sold to tyco citation needed and has recently been acquired by crh plc . 6 overseas representation edit ancon branded products are supplied worldwide through offices in switzerland austria germany australia the united arab emirates and via a large network of distributors . 7 product range edit the company supplies the specialist parts that hold modern building together and support the cladding systems and masonry with long lasting non corroding stainless steel 8 such as restraint fixings stainless steel wall ties wind posts reinforcing bar couplers shear connectors see also edit list of companies in sheffield references edit archived copy . archived from the original on 25 december 2014 . retrieved 13 november 2014 . http www.ancon.co.uk projects the lighthouse salford quays uk archived copy . archived from the original on 18 october 2014 . retrieved 13 november 2014 . http www.ancon.co.uk projects stone restraints buddhist temple new york usa archived copy . archived from the original on 25 december 2014 . retrieved 13 november 2014 . http www.cityam.com index.php news 11690 1 archived copy . archived from the original on 17 september 2008 . retrieved 5 november 2008 . external links edit official company website v t e companies and former companies based in sheffield england or with a significant presence modern manufacturing and distribution companies ancon clark wilson benesch berkart henry boot bramah engineering catterly laser cutting co. corus group davey markham jf finnigans firth rixson fletchers bakery sheffield forgemasters company m j gleeson group plc hendersons sheffield ltd kelham island brewery land pyrometers arnold laver northern foods outokumpu formerly avesta polarit t o bsc stainlesst o rom reinforcement ronseal paints sig plc tinsley bridge wincro metals modern retail and service industry atkinsons stores hsbc irwin mitchell john lewis plusnet powerminster sheffield hallam university tuffnells parcel express university of sheffield williams fastners wandisco zoo digital traditional heavy industry steel and engineering boc t o british steel corporation p brown bayley steels newton chambers & company nck rapier cammell t o coopers fastners chesterfield cylinders cravens daniel doncasters ltd davey mckeet o davey lowevyt o trafalgar house engineering t o edgar allen & company t o english steel corporationn firth brown steelsn firth vickers laycockst o samuel sheffield forgemasters thomas ward tinsley wire industries ltd twil t o sanderson kayser cutlers silversmiths surgical instruments arthur price b.braun downs surgicalt o richard carr silversmiths james dixon & co. durham duplex harrison bros & howson hutton mappin and webb t o martin hall needham veall & tyzack joseph rodgers swann morton surmanco skidmore taylors eye witness ltd thornton impants vinerst o walker & hallt o thomas wostenholm tool manufacturers dormer tools r footprint tools henry taylor tools neepsend stanley tools sheffield r atkinsons saws easterbrook allcard & company g & j hall ketona shears joseph marples moore & wright james neil tools niloc osborne mushett paddley & venables record ridgeway rabone chesterman shardlows the sheffield twist drill company spear & jackson thomas turner & co. files & knives tyzacks sons & turner saws thomas flinn & co. standall tools steadfast tools tyzack machine knives miscellaneous formerly sheffield based companies batchelorst o dyson refractoriest o stones breweryt o trebor bassett sweetst o richardson sheffieldt o thorntons chocolates r s.h. wards breweryt o defunct english steel corporation samuel fox and company hadfields limited samuel osborn & company jessop saville & company sheffield coal company simplex cars steel peech and tozer united steel companies vickers limited vicker son & maxim william jessop & sons yorkshire engine company see also economy of sheffield list of companies in sheffield t o taken over n nationalised p privatised a active d defunct h high tech e e commerce f financial services r relocated retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ancon & oldid 744140824 categories manufacturing companies based in sheffieldhidden categories use dmy dates from october 2016pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2008 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 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