This is a major strategic acquisition for Western Thermal, expanding its offering across construction and the other industries it serves, including pharmaceuticals, food processing, petrochemicals, healthcare, leisure, and infrastructure.  

Like Western Thermal, Henderson Site Services (HSS) has a global outlook and operates in Continental Europe, Africa and China. With over 100 skilled employees, it is a multi-disciplined engineering company. Its service lines include pipework and modularisation, structural and architectural, and cryogenic insulation.

After going through rigorous approval processes, HSS has gained preferred supplier status for companies such as Nestle, Proctor & Gamble, Star Refrigeration, GlaxoSmithKline and Tetrapak. HSS has a permanent site presence for key clients at Barnard Castle for GlaxoSmithKline, Morpeth for Piramal Healthcare, and Peterlee for Hexion Specialty Chemicals.  

HSS has completed projects for many of Western Thermal’s own client base, including Arla Foods where HSS was contracted to install stainless steel platforms, along with the full process pipework system, service pipework and other hygienic pipework systems.

Meanwhile, Western Thermal’s landmark projects include Heathrow Terminal 5, Arla Foods’ Aylesbury dairy, One Hyde Park, Wembley Stadium, and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.  

Trevor Horsley, founder of Western Thermal, said:  “The HSS acquisition adds to Western Thermal’s already fast-growing business and, being entirely complementary in its skillset, represents a great step forward in terms of deliverability to the major industry players.”  

Joe Henderson, who has been at the helm of Henderson Site Services since its inception, said: “The unified power of Western Thermal plus HSS is a great example of where a combination is greater than the sum of the parts with the enlarged company able to offer pipework, thermal insulation, ducting and fire-stop engineering solutions for any project.”