About Us

Established in 1913 as a manufacturer of ladders and access equipment, The Clow Group Ltd. has expanded considerably and is currently the largest privately owned manufacturer of access equipment in the UK. We have premises throughout the UK and Ireland in Glasgow, Belfast, Dublin, Birmingham and London.

The Clow Group Ltd. specialise in the design, fabrication and installation of specialist fabrications and have worked extensively with rail companies to provide quality access equipment. Rail projects to date include a wide and varied variety of design and manufacture items ranging from signal box stairs to safe access systems to station and depot roofs with integrated walkways above and below roofs. Some of these may be mechanically or power assisted to accomodate travel above or below bridges. The Clow Group Ltd. has the ability to take a project from the design stage through to the fabrication and final installation including a full inspection and testing facility.

Some previous projects have been as follows:

	Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh Access Platforms		Health & Safety Executive, London Access Gantries
	Forth Road Bridge Access Gantries		Waverley Station, Edinburgh & Queen Street Station, Glasgow Roof Access Systems
	The Gainsburgh Rail Bridge Mechanised Gantry		Dundee, Perth, Aberdeen, Inverness & Helensburgh Stations Roof Access Systems
	Scotrail Bridge, Stepps Powered Gantries & Integral Cradles		Haymarket & Dalmarnock Railway Depots, Newcastle Station Roof Access Systems
	Glasgow Central Station Complete Roof Access System (all 3 phases)		London Marylebone, Manchester Victoria, Chester, Leeds, York Roof Access Systems

Clow Group support a wide client base throughout the UK and Ireland and have several contracts and specialist clearance and approval with Local Authorities, Railway Companies, Ministry of Defence Suppliers and Specialist Service Providers. We operate a quality management system that complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2000.

All of our welders are certified to British and European standards. Our metal fabrication systems and access equipment have been complied to BS 5750 Quality Assurance since 1987.