Henry Shaw & Sons Ltd has always been a family firm. Founded by Henry Shaw in 1799, the company was initially set up as a manufacturer of wrought nails, rivets and chains. Henry bought a house in Park Street, Birmingham from a Mr. Lloyd (later of Lloyd's Bank fame) and leased two warehouses from Great Western Railways.

Today, as Henry Shaw & Sons Ltd begins a third century of continuous service it has become one of the U.K's largest trade suppliers of woodscrews, fixings and fastenings, nails, bolts, ironmongery and fencing products.