of Villiers House, Strand, London
1982 Company formed by merger of Montague L. Meyer and International Timber, Britain's largest importers of timber, distributors of wood and manufacturers of wooden products[1]
1985 Acquired Powell Duffryn Timber[2]
c.1986 Acquired the Jewson chain of distributors.
1986 Acquired Brownlee builders merchants[3]
1988 Acquired 5 more businesses[4]
1988 Sold Hurn Brothers of Melksham, maker of garden trellis and fencing, to Williams Holdings[5] and other small subsidiaries.
1997 Acquired the Harcros building merchants chain from Harrisons and Crosfield, effectively doubling the size of Meyer's Jewson chain[6]
1999 Acquired Graham Group[7]
2000 Meyer was acquired by Saint-Gobain of France[8], becoming part of that company's growing building materials distribution activities[9]