About GW Chadwick

Our factory is based in Lancashire in the UK, we have short lead times, an in-house design team, and experience in making successful products for our customers.

Kids Craft Sets, Kids Paper Activity sets, Play Paper for schools, educational paper products, Patterned Tissue Paper, Baking parchment papers, Jam pot covers, Non slip tray covers, Shop Fluorescent cards are just some of our diverse range of products.

We can supply products from our own Chadwicks range or you may use our talented in-house design team to work with you on creating your own private label products.

Our excellent customer service team are here to assist you.

To discuss further please call us now or browse our website to see our current Chadwicks ranges.

Company History

Chadwicks was originally founded in 1880 by George Chadwick. The Manchester based company was originally supplying string, waterproof wrapping paper and other packaging materials to the surrounding mills and engineering companies. They also supplied shops with tissue paper, and greaseproof paper.
History of this time: 1880 Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb, Vaccine for Cholera by Louis Pasteur, the Penny Farthing Bicycle was launched.

In 1944 the Factory based in Dantzic Street, Manchester, was bombed. The factory was completely destroyed. Today stands the CIS Insurance Building on this site.
History of this time: First British glider lands on French soil, World premiere of Symphony in D (no 5) conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams at the Albert Hall, London 24 June. Completes 'Valiant for Truth' D-Day Landings

Chadwicks continued in business from a Cotton Mill based in Ancoats Manchester.

In the 1970's the Aluminium Corporation, a kitchen saucepan manufacturer, based in Wales contacted Chadwicks with a problem to be solved. During production the discs of aluminium, that were to become pans became scratched and stuck together. Chadwicks supplied them with circular discs of paper which kept the aluminium discs separate and unscratched. The Aluminium Corporation became Chadwicks biggest customer. History of this time: Following Neil Armstrong landing on the moon 1969, 1970's saw the launch of space invaders game, space hopper, space dust, Pink Floyd launched Darkside of the Moon, and David Bowie was singing Life on Mars, everyone was wearing platform shoes!

In 1978 Mr Ian McDonald Dickson was the Sales Director of Roach Bridge Paper Mill and saw the potential of Chadwicks. Ian and his brother in law Bill bought the 100year old paper merchant Company from its owners of that time Mr Thornley & Mrs Jakes.

In 1979 Ian, now the owner of Chadwicks had a bright idea to supply similar paper circles to Schools. They designed a range of brightly coloured gummed paper circles and squares and bright colours of tissue paper to sell into schools. Big players of the school supply system were EJ Arnold of Leeds, and the Nottingham Group, Ian approached them with the new range and both big players became Chadwicks customers.
History of this time: Saturday Night Fever was the box office hit, Art Garfunkle Bright Eyes was shooting up the charts, Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister, Mother Theresa received Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1985 Ian persuaded his son Alex to join the business and working together they turned Chadwicks into a well known, highly successful International Supplier of Educational products. They built up the range to include over 200 products and began to successfully supply High Street retailers with the concept of school based learning products for children to use at home for both leisure and education.
History of this time: Boris Becker aged 17 wins Wimbledon, Mikhail Gorbachev became President of Russia, Nintendo launches it game, Live Aid Concert for Africa

By the early 1990's Ian and his son Alex wished to expand their team and decided to approach Philip Seagrave, Ian's son-in-law, Alex's brother-in-law to join Chadwicks.

The company moved into their present new factory at Drumhead Road in Chorley Lancashire by the mid 1990's. It was at this time that Ian now in his 60's decided to bow out gracefully from the day to day running of the company, but would keep a hands on role in a consultant capacity.

Alex & Philip now run the company on a day to day basis and head up the strong management and production team backed up by excellent customer service.

Chadwicks continues to innovate and expand its ever popular product ranges for both the education and retail markets through their diverse customer base both here in the UK and Abroad

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