Colleagues and friends at Kenrick have paid tribute to sales and marketing director Steve Williams, ‘a formidable member of the Kenrick team for more than a decade’, who died recently.
Steve joined the industry in 1976 as a junior draughtsman with Plastal Ltd, which was one of only two PVC-u fabricators in the UK at the time. He then took on the role of factory manager with another window fabricator before moving to Mila Hardware, where he worked for nearly 20 years in a variety of commercial sales roles. Steve then moved to Groupco – a Kenrick customer – where he became familiar with Kenrick’s products, before joining Vita Hardware.
He went on to join Kenrick in 2012 and was instrumental in developing and launching a number of new products to the market.
“With a vast experience in both hardware and PVC-u window fabrication (Steve was able to fabricate windows and doors from profile bar length to the finished and installed product), he possessed a rare skillset coupled with an understanding of the needs of the fabricator, installer, distributor and homeowner.
“Steve was a terrific salesman with a big personality and he will be greatly missed. Our thoughts are with Steve’s wife, his children and grandchildren at this very sad time.”
