Cheers to 40 Years! In 1984 Peter Hickmott, a fitter and turner by trade, needed a pull handle for his front door, but couldn’t find exactly what he had envisioned, so decided to engineer his own. He approached Smith City Market for feedback, and they commended his efforts, but their real need was brass cabinet knobs. Peter agreed to meet their request and the first Windsor Brass order was placed. During late nights and early mornings, Peter tirelessly crafted the cabinet knobs in a backyard garage utilising a friend’s lathe. Expanding to D Cabinet Handles, he then began to secure joiner customers in Christchurch and Auckland. By 1986, a pivotal order led him to resign from his day job at CWF Hamilton’s and Windsor Brass was born. Now Windsor Architectural Hardware is an award winning, international company supplying a full product range of door hardware and accessories to DIY and Trade Stores, Builders, Interior Designers and Architects throughout Australasia. We've grown to a team of over 50, with more than 10,000 product lines, supplying over 200 orders per day, and a warehouse capacity of over 2,000 square metres. Over four decades later we’re proud to remain locally owned and operated and are now the largest New Zealand owned hardware supplier in Australasia. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our loyal customers for trusting in Windsor for the past 40 years!
Ben Carney
5mo
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GM at Elements Hardware Ltd
5moLove the 40 years icon, complete with integrated lever handle