What Wolseley Does
olseley is the world's number one distributor of heating and plumbing products to the professional market and a leading supplier of building materials.
Across two continents we are the trusted partner of contractors, construction companies, industry and governments; supplying them with the materials they need for building, remodelling and repair work. They rely on us for their boilers and their flues, their pipes and their air-conditioning units, their timber and their bricks - and much more besides.
By providing the products and services they need, when and where they need them, at competitive prices, we play a key role in helping our customers.
Wolseley is also a leading distributor of building materials, lumber products and industrial pipes, valves and fittings, with operations in the US, Canada, the UK and Mainland Europe. The Group breaks down into two broad operating divisions, Europe and North America.
As a World leader, Wolseley is number one or number two in most of the markets where it operates. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, the company had revenues for the year ended 31 July 2007 of approximately £16 billion.
