Company History

Engineering Patternmaker Victoria

John Williams commenced working as an independent jobbing patternmaking company in July 1959, at 28 Whitehorse Road, Deepdene.

In September 1962 Frank Downie joined John Williams as a 45% partner. They Moved in March 1964 to 677 Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Due to a need of extra space this factory was extended in 1969. In 1974 a larger factory was needed so the business was moved to a larger factory at 723-725 Whitehorse Road, Mont Albert, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 

During the 1970 and 1980’s the company forged a reputation as a leading pattern shop for expertise and reliability.

In July 1990 50% of the business was sold to Werner Stepen then the remaining 50% to John Lally in January 1991, which saw the business move to Blackburn.

On July 1^st 2001 the business was taken over by Ian & Leigh both fully qualified engineering patternmakers. They immediately upgraded to the latest 3D CNC machining technology, which included a VMC1020 Hartford and Mastercam CAD CAM software.

On the August 9th 2004 Williams Patterns moved to the current location 2-4 Queen St, Nunawading, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and have since installed a second CNC machine, the S3092 Quantum.

For advice from quality engineering patternmakers come and see us at

2-4 Queen street, Nunawading, Victoria, 3131, Australia

Or give us a call on 03 98725383