Sandy McEwen, who has been involved with the UK Gasket & Sealing Association (UKGSA) for 15 years, retired from the committee at our AGM in September 2024. In 1993 William Johnston & Company was one of the founding members of the Association. Sandy has been their representative since 2009 and has been Vice Chair on Read More
Aaron. 20 Years Anniversary
2004 was the year that Aaron Finlayson joined William Johnston & Company Limited. Aaron is now Factory Manager at our Inverness Branch and a multi-talented individual he has become. Aaron keeps a keen eye on the manufacturing side of the business but is also directly involved with all our Highlands and Islands customers. His technical Read More
Happy 21st Birthday, Sophie.
Today marks a special milestone in your life, the beginning of an exciting new chapter. May this year be filled with unforgettable memories, endless joy, and all the love in the world. Cheers to 21 years of amazing adventures, and here’s to many more to come! Enjoy every moment—you deserve all the happiness life has Read More
Inverness Branch Investment
We are excited to announce our recent investment in a state-of-the-art CAD cutter for our Inverness facility. This advanced equipment represents a significant leap forward in our production capabilities aimed at better servicing our Scottish Highlands and Islands customers. The new CAD cutter will enable us to achieve unparalleled precision and efficiency in our manufacturing Read More
William Johnston & Company Limited Celebrate 50 Years In Inverness
In the early 1970s Scotland was experiencing the early stages of its ‘Oil Boom” with rapid exploration and development of oil and natural gas fields in the often raging North Sea, the main base for the servicing and support of these being in Aberdeen. It was there that the global oil majors and their multi-national Read More
Promoting Pipelines, Connecting People, Advancing Pipeline Technology…
William Johnston & Company Limited are delighted to have become a corporate member of The Pipeline Industries Guild. Having held individual membership and realising the benefits, knowledge sharing and innovative work that is promoted it made perfect sense. The individual members of The Pipeline Industries Guild have a tremendous width and depth of knowledge spanning Read More
Link-Seal Calculator Live!
Due to the increased level of sales for our Original Link-Seal and to give our customers any easy way to calculate their own element size and number we have added our highly accurate calculator to our main website. Link-Seals are used to make a positive 5 Bar seal where a pipe passes through a wall, Read More
Dedicated Website Launch
STEEL RUBBER GASKET. SRG G-S-S. GET IN TOUCH Talk to our dedicated expert on utility flange connections For many years William Johnston & Company Limited has produced highly compliant gaskets for the UK water utilities sector. Our name is associated with integrity and all that we do is quality driven. To allow a tighter seal Read More
Retirement of Sandy McEwen
After 19 years as a director of William Johnston & Company Limited, our Managing Director, Sandy McEwen has now retired from that role but will continue with the company as a Consultant. Sandy said “I joined the company as a director in 2003 and over the last 19 years have overseen many changes and challenges Read More
GCA Supports MacMillan Cancer
William Johnston & Company Limited, founding-members of the UK Gasket & Sealing Association were delighted to pass to MacMillan Cancer Support a cheque for the £2005 raised by UKGSA members at their annual golf day and dinner near Telford In September. Sandy McEwen, vice-chairman of the UKGSA is pictured with Michelle Campbell, Macmillan’s fundraising manager Read More