Our success owes much to our long-established reputation for product quality excellence, full material traceability and highly competitive prices.
At the beginning of the last century, Thomas. F. Dobson started a precision engineering business in Blackburn based on the principal: “only the best is good enough.”
The Dobson & Beaumont families merged their engineering interests in 1978 and quickly doubled their joint capacity. Over the decades, the success of the enterprise owes much to our reputation for production quality and customer service.
“Only the best is good enough.”
Thomas F. Dobson – Founder – 1872-1932
Industries
- Fastener Distribution
- Flow Control
- Pumps
- Automotive & Railway Restoration
- Motor Sports
- Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, Pipeline and Offshore
- Marine & Marine Defence
- Subsea
- Turbine
- Wind Energy
Our Products
A large proportion of our output goes into power generation plant in the form of big end bolts, cylinder head and main bearing studs.
Another area of our expertise is the manufacture of small critical fasteners in alloy steels and titanium alloys for the racing car industry where the utmost precision and fast turn round are essential.
We are proud to have supplied to world-leading advanced manufacturers and designers and we are equally proud to deliver our bespoke products to single person enterprises.
Our Services
In addition we offer non-destructive testing in Brinell hardness. Qualified to PCN Level 2, skilled operators can also provide ultrasonic examination, and magnetic particle testing to national and international standards.
We are happy to quote for any quantity from a one-off to large batches, and stock significant quantities of mill-certificated materials to cater for shorter delivery times.
Customer support
We have great pride in what we do and this all comes from inside, from the people who work here and who deliver the products we are proud of. From a small ‘front of house’ office team through to the manufacturing team, everyone at D&B is dedicated to producing the very best quality products.
Our friendly office team, led by Diane, look forward to helping you.

Diane
Office Manager

Debbie
Admin and customer support

Sarah
Admin and customer support
Reach Us
Mon-Thurs 8:30am-5:00pm &
Fri 8:30am – 4:00pm