Wilkinson Star

Wilkinson Star imports and wholesales industrial equipment, including welding and resistance welding equipment, welder generators, generators and lighting towers, welding consumables, PPE, gas equipment, air compressors, and air and hand tools. It offers over 20,000 product lines on an exclusive basis from manufacturers, and its Fiac brand covers air compressors and StarParts covers spare parts.

Customers are authorised distributors across the UK and Ireland. The company trades strictly on a wholesale basis through a nationwide network of these distributors, with a national sales team of Area Managers and Technical Engineers. Trade customers can order online, check stock and view account information through a B2B website.

The registered company, Wilkinson Star Limited, was incorporated in 1983 and is registered in England with its office in Worsley, Manchester. The company describes itself as a family business established in 1971. Air compressors have been assembled at its Manchester-based Fiac production facility since 1991, and an Inverter Technology Centre was added in Manchester in 2015. It also runs a Welding Training Academy and Demonstration Centre and a Technical Support Centre.

Product: Wholesale distribution of welding equipment, welding consumables, compressed air products, PPE, gas equipment, generators and air and hand tools.