About Us
The company founder Charlie Sothers set up an Engineering partnership in 1919, which subsequently became a limited company in 1926. In 2006 we proudly celebrated being in business for 80 years. We are still a family owned company. Charlie Sothers was the grandfather of our Managing Director Robert Hinton.
Being in the West Midlands Charlie Sothers expanded his company by providing services to the many different manufacturing businesses based in Birmingham and The Black Country.
As steam gave way to electricity for providing motive power to machinery C A Sothers carried out electrical installations in various local factories. These included Press Shops, Metal Spinners, Foundries and Steel Rolling Mills as well as the numerous Gun and Jewellery manufacturers that were based in the Hockley area of Birmingham. Once these electrical machines were installed, the need for repairs and maintenance provided another source of business. This included repairing turned parts for machines and rewinding electric motors.
During the early 1960's the decision was made to cease the motor rewinding business and focus on Electrical Installations and Servicing. With the changes that took place to manufacturing C A Sothers successfully diversified into alternative markets for electrical services. These included specialist installations for the storage and transportation of Petrochemical Products and developments in the rapidly expanding Leisure market.
As Design & Build became ever more popular as the means of procurement for new construction projects, CA Sothers expanded into the installation and maintenance of mechanical engineering services.
Today, C A Sothers is a successful Building Services Engineering Installation and Maintenance company.