Lawton

Lawton Tubes is the UK's leading independent manufacturer and distributor of copper tube, proudly established in 1920. As a fifth-generation, family-owned business, they have earned a reputation for reliability, quality, and innovation.

They serve as a crucial link between one of the world's most versatile metals and a diverse range of industries and applications. Lawton's extensive product offering includes copper tube, coils, degreased medical fittings, refrigeration fittings, and tubing for plumbing, heating, refrigeration, air conditioning, and electrical systems. They also supply copper for speciatised applications such as electrical busbars, medical gas installations, automotive braking circuits, and various other engineering uses. Copper's proven performance and inherent properties make it a cost-effective solution for many pipework and tubing needs. Its key benefits include:

• High strength and ductility
• Excellent corrosion resistance
• Compatibility with a wide range of fluids
• Outstanding thermal and electrical conductivity
• Exceptional fabrication and joining properties

With a wide range of Kitemarked products in stock, supported by quality systems certified to BS EN ISO 9001 standards, Lawton are dedicated to providing first-class service at competitive prices. In accordance with ISO EN 14021, there domestic plumbing copper pipe is now made from 100% recycled copper!

They strive to make the industries we work with more sustainable and help our clients reduce their carbon footprint. Copper is one of the 'greenest metals available, and it is estimated that 80% of all copper produced in the last 10,000 years is still in use today. In addition, it uses 15%-40% less energy to recycle copper than to produce it, making its reuse entirely viable.

It has a host of beneficial properties when used as pipework. As well as being durable, it's is also antimicrobial, sustainable and can be repeatedly recycled, giving it an infinite lifecycle. In addition, Lawton are so confident in the quality of our product we can provide guarantees spanning centuries.

Lawton Tubes are tackling this issue head-on. They are proud to be working alongside the Copper Sustainability Partnership (CuSP) to challenge, educate and inform industry leaders about the benefits of copper. There aim is to help combat the overuse of plastics and support the businesses they work with in implementing a renewable solution for the future, to safeguard the natural world.