David William Tweed

Founded in 1978, Valmont Stainton Ltd. is a subsidiary of Valmont Industries, Inc. that manufactures lighting poles and related metal products. The company is based in Thornaby, UK.

Stainton Metal Co. Ltd. manufactured octagonal lighting columns. The firm's products included street lighting columns, high masts, tramway and mobile telephone structures, and distribution and transmission poles. It produced poles in octagonal, conical, polygonal, stepped tubular, square, and even triangular sections. The company was founded in 1978 and was headquartered in Stockton-on-Tees, the United Kingdom.