50 Years of Stirlings!

Company News

12 Dec

We are delighted to share with our staff, customers, suppliers, stakeholders and everybody else in between that we have officially surpassed half-a-century of operations!

In Australia, 1973 saw:

Gough Whitlam as Australia’s Prime Minister;
The federal voting age lowered from 21 to 18;
The Sydney Opera House officially opened by Elizabeth II;
AC/DC perform their first major gig in Sydney;
Stirling Metals commence business on the 1st of December in Claremont, W.A!

See below a message from David Stirling, Chief Executive Officer:

“In the year of fifty years of business continuance, offering a genuine thank you, to all of our past & present employees, suppliers, service providers & customers, for the business support, contribution & participation.

As stakeholders, through focus, dedication, innovation, investment & sheer hard work, we can be proud of the opportunities created, performance delivered & achievements attained.

Our business is established, relevant & performing, providing a platform for sustainable continuance & growth.

In the years ahead, inviting stakeholders to follow our Mission, practice our Strategies & Values, to progress our Vision.”

Rob Grace, Chief Commercial Officer celebrating his 40 years at Stirlings, provides a sales perspective:

“50 years of sales – starting from a very small base of people, facility & inventories in a privately owned company with a long term outlook, it’s about sustainable growth with periods of risk & reward that helped fund growth over these many years.

From being experts at trading to fill customer needs, to having high % stock on hand; from sales in your own state to expanding across all states & adding stocking locations; from packaging only from Australian suppliers to worldwide indenting including international customers; From 1 truck, 1 forklift & 1 bandsaw to many & multiple Processing machines including Plasma & Lasers - we have seen how positive the effect of sustainable growth has been.

We have developed (very) long term relationships with customers, and from a card system to state of the art computers & software, we use our years of knowledge, consistent development and continuous innovation to provide the best service to our customers - it has always been our top priority.”

See below our progression over the years, from our very beginnings to our present as a nationwide Performance Metals Distributor, and beyond!

1970s - Commencement

Stirling Metals commenced operations on Shenton Road in Claremont, W.A, on December 1st 1973.

We operated from our Claremont location in the mid to late 70s, conducting deliveries around Perth in our Stirling trucks.

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s

First site – Office, Shenton Road, Claremont, W.A

Late 70s