Since the first James Latham began
importing hardwoods into Liverpool in 1757, the company has, under the
continuing management and direction of the Latham family, developed into
a leading importer and distributor of wood-based sheet materials
("panel products"), joinery quality softwood and hardwood and hardwood
flooring. The company has a Nationwide, strategically placed
distribution base, fully able to bring our ever expanding range of
products and services to existing and potential customers.
Lathams Ltd is the trading subsidiary of James Latham PLC. With
11 trading offices operating from 10 sites located in Dudley, Fareham,
Gateshead, Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, Purfleet, Scotland,
Thurrock, Leicester & Yate, we are able to offer a wide range of
products for collection or delivery to our customers.
Our stock of panel products constitutes probably the most
comprehensive range of species, sizes and non-standard thicknesses
available in the UK today. We regularly launch new products, including
LG HI-MACS Natural Acrylic Stone, details of which you can find on this
website, along with our up to date range of Latham product literature,
which is available to download.
We continue to hold comprehensive stock of the main temperate and
tropical hardwoods from around the world. These include European, North
American, African and Far Eastern species. We also source high quality
joinery softwood from North America and Scandinavia.
Our depots have the ability to offer further processed panel products plus timber cladding and mouldings.
Advanced Technical Panels (ATP)
are the industry leading specialist distributors of overlaid and
pre-finished panels into the transport, access tower and playground
manufacturing sectors.
We are members and supporters of the Timber Trade Federation and were
the first signatories to their Responsible Purchasing Policy. The
company has a strong environmental policy with all depots being Forest
Stewardship Council® (FSC®) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest
Certification (PEFC) schemes.
