Our Timeline
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1945 The company (W.H Andrew) was founded by Bill Andrew. -
1967 Tim Andrew joined the company providing exceptional service. -
1975 Moved to the centre of Hillsborough, County Down. -
1986 Moved to a purpose built office and warehouse & our name was changed to Andrew of Hillsborough Ltd. -
2001 Took over W.H Waugh, a long time competitior. Alan Waugh joined as a director. -
Jan 2003 Opened an extended warehouse and covered loading bay which doubled loading capacity. -
2003 Rebranded the company to Andrew Ingredients. A fresh name and look was adopted. -
2005 Held our own very successful ‘Ingredients in Action’ exhibition to celebrate 60 years of business. -
2008 Distribution area expanded to all of Ireland. A new Business Development manager, Emmett Logue was recruited and joined the existing sales team. -
2011 Moved to Lisburn and doubled the size of the facilities to 24,000sq ft. -
2014 John Graham joined as a Director, now Managing Director -
2015 Celebrated 70 years in business. Opened a new warehouse, test bakery and kitchen with 4 new loading bays and a refrigeration unit. -
2018 Distribution area expanded to include Scotland. Gerry Murray joined the team as Business Development Manager for the area. -
Jan 2020 Ben Jennett and Timothy Beattie joined the team as Business Development Managers. -
Feb 2020 John Boland, Director and long time team member, retired. -
2021 Extension of premises to 40,000 sq ft