Winn & Coales International Ltd, International Conference – UK September 2017
In 2017, anti-corrosion and sealing specialist Winn & Coales International held their biennial International Sales Conference in September. The company, currently enjoying its 138th year of trading, is well known in the world of corrosion prevention for its high-quality product brands including Premier™, Protal™, Archco™, Steelcoat™, Premier Shrink Sleeves™ and SeaShield™.
The conference was held at the head office in London, UK, and representatives from the company’s subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and the USA joined key staff from the United Kingdom for a week of intensive talks including new product innovations and practical workshops. This conference is historically held at different locations around the world and the company finds this a great way of stimulating staff into producing new product ideas and solutions to meet their customer’s demands.
Time was also allocated during the conference for relaxation with planned dinners and outings culminating in a special Farewell Dinner at The Institute of Directors in London on September 15th. At the end of the conference, the overall feeling was one of great success and a renewed optimism that the company was heading for an exciting and prosperous future.
Delegates at the Winn & Coales International Conference
The farewell dinner held at the Institute of Directors
Mr David Winn OBE Joins the Company’s ‘Hall of Fame’
To recognise 50 years of service to the company, Mr David Winn OBE, former Chairman of Winn & Coales International, was presented with a portrait at the company’s Christmas annual Dinner Dance in December 2015.
The portrait, painted by renowned artist Hazel Morgan, was commissioned as a special gift to honour his long service as Chairman. At the time of this presentation, Mr David Winn was only the third Chairman in the company’s 133-year history, his portrait has taken its place in the London headquarters boardroom alongside portraits of his two predecessors, founder Paul Winn (1883-1946) and Frank Coales (1946-1991).
During Mr David Winn’s period of leadership, the company built upon the success of his predecessors and flourished into a truly international organisation with subsidiaries in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Adding to that an extensive network of loyal and longstanding agents and distributors, today the company is able to supply its product solutions to virtually anywhere on the globe.
Chairman David Winn OBE Receiving His Portrait
The Denso Chairman's 'Hall of Fame'