about.webp

History

The Biddle name has been associated with heating and innovation since 1929 when FH Biddle joined Mumford Bailey and Preston Limited as Company Secretary.

Synonymous with heating and innovation since 1929

In the same year the company established a joint venture with Trand (USA), with the objective of manufacturing and marketing convection heating equipment in the UK. This was a major advancement in the provision of heat and a year or two later ‘British Trane Co Ltd’ introduced industrial unit heaters to the British market.

In 1941 the company’s London premises were blitzed, forcing a move to Silesby in Leicestershire. Then in 1943 FH Biddle acquired the company in a management buyout and changed the name to the British Trane Co after buying a 50% share in the business.

The manufacturing base of the British Trane Co was established in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, in 1946 and by the mid-1950s a new company, FH Biddle Limited, was selling the products.

  1. 1929
    FH Biddle Joined

    FH Biddle joined Mumford Bailey and Preston Limited as Company Secretary

  2. 1929
    Joint Venture

    A Joint venture was established with Trand (USA), with the objective to manufacture and market convection heating equipment in the UK

  3. 1931
    British Market Launch

    Industrial unit heaters were introduced to the British market

  4. 1941
    Move to Leicestershire

    The company moved to Silesby in Leicestershire from London

  5. 1943
    Management Buyout

    FH Biddle acquired the company in a management buyout and changed the name to British Trane Co.

  6. 1944
    Incorporated in the UK

    FH Biddle Ltd was incorporated in the UK

  7. 1957
    European Sales offices

    Launch of sales offices in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands

  8. 1962
    Netherlands Factory Purchase

    A factory in the Netherlands was purchased, which continues to manufacture Biddle products today

  9. 1985
    Manufacturing Site Move

    The manufacturing site in the UK was moved to its current location in Nuneaton

  10. 1991
    Southern Europe Expansion

    Biddle established in France and Southern Europe

  11. 1999
    Biddle Canada

    Creation of Biddle Canada

  12. 2001
    Acquisition

    Acquisition of Biddle by the Carver Group

  13. 2015
    Biddle USA

    Launch of Biddle in the USA

  14. 2024
    A Leader in Climate Solutions

    Biddle is a leader in heating, ventilation, cooling, and climate separation

Global expansion

With FH Biddle’s technical, estimating and research capabilities combining well with British Trane’s manufacturing facilities the company went from strength-to-strength. The group, now known as FH Biddle Limited, established offices and showrooms around the world and head office was moved to Mayfair in London.

In the 1960s the company’s factory in Kootstertille in the Netherlands was purchased. Biddle continued to trade from the original Newtown Road factory in Nuneaton until 1985, when the company moved to its present site at St. Mary’s Road, Nuneaton.

Nowadays the company is part of Carver Group Limited – a Midlands-based group of manufacturing businesses.

The company has research and manufacturing sites in the UK and in the Netherlands; and has sales offices in France, Germany, Belgium and Canada.