Hillbrush Turns 100!

Celebrating 100 years of innovation from the humble wooden brush to the most advanced hygienic brushes

Hillbrush Timeline

100 Years of Brushmaking and Innovation. Significant dates in our history.

Hillbrush Centenary Logo

 

Hillbrush is proud to be celebrating its centenary year, reflecting on a rich heritage and bright future as the company diversifies with the times.


Hillbrush was founded in 1922 by brothers Fred and Bill Coward and is still family owned and run from the small rural town of Mere in Wiltshire. The company originally manufactured brushes for the dairy and agricultural industries and, in 1952, Her Majesty The Queen visited Hillbrush during a trip to the local area. In 1981 Hillbrush was granted a Royal Warrant to supply traditional brushes to the Royal Households and retains the Warrant to this day.


In the 1980s the business diversified and, through innovation and product development, it successfully introduced a range of plastic backed brushes for use in the food and beverage industries. In 2016 Hillbrush moved site, still in Mere, to a new, purpose built and state of the art facility enabling them to manufacture the broad range of brushes now on offer. The new site also houses the ‘Visit Hillbrush’ visitor centre combining a boutique gift shop, restaurant serving delicious home-made dishes and a fascinating – and completely unique - brush museum!

Media Gallery

100 Years of Bristish manufacturing, celebrating family, passion, agility, customer focus and excellence.

1922-mere
1922 - MERE
1922-receipt
1922 - 1ST BANK BOOK
1925-catalogue
1925 - 1ST CATALOGUE
1933-brush-magazine
1933 - BRUSH MAGAZINE
1936-building
1936 - 1ST BUILDING AT LORDSMEAD
1948-woodpile
1948 - TIMBER READY FOR MANUFACTURE
1952-queens-visit
1952 - QUEEN'S VISIT
1952-palace-letter
1952 - PALACE LETTER
1959-boucherie 1959-boucherie
1959 - BOUCHERIE MACHINE
1960-catalogue
1960 - CATALOGUE
1967-Articles-of-Association
1967 - COMPANY'S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
1969-woodlands-aerial
1969 - WOODLANDS ROAD AERIAL
1972-50-years
1972 - 50 YEAR CELEBRATIONS
1981-logo
1981 - NEW LOGO
1985-david-coward
1985 - DAVID COWARD
1995-catalogue
1995 - CATALOGUE
1997-woodlands-aerial
1997 - WOODLANDS ROAD AERIAL
2006-catalogue
2006 - CATALOGUE
2008-velthoven
2008 - PURCHASE OF J.VELTHOVEN
2015-breaking-ground
2015 - BREAKING GROUND AT NORWOOD PARK
Norwood_Park_Being_Built_Above_web Norwood_Park_Being_Built_Above_web
2016 - HILLBRUSH NEW SITE
2021-all-staff
2021 - STAFF AT NORWOOD PARK

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