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Filtration & Sieving
Fine-mesh sieves & filter discs
Hayward, California · Est. 1938
Quality Metal Solutions.Built To Perform.
Anything Metal With A Hole In It.
Woven wire cloth, welded mesh, expanded metal, perforated sheet and hardware cloth — stocked, cut to size and shipped from our own Bay Area floor.
Howdy! I'm Meshy.
Tell me the job and I'll point you at the right mesh, gauge and opening.
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/ 01 · Where Are You Headed
Pick Your Path
Two ways into the same inventory. Pick the one that sounds like your job — or skip both and just tell us what you're building.
AIndustrial
Filtration, screening, machine guarding, architecture and OEM parts — cut to size, by the piece or by the roll.
See All Product Families →
BResidential
Gopher and critter barriers, garden fencing, window and vent screens, and decorative panels for home projects.
Shop Home & Garden →
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Not sure what you need?Describe the job — what it's for, the size, what has to get through. We'll spec the mesh and quote it.
Describe Your Job →
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Product Families
Four Core Families
Most jobs start with one of these four. We also stock hardware cloth, insect screen, filter cloth, wire and decorative mesh — all on the full catalog page.
Everywhere You Look
Mesh Is Everywhere.
From the water you drink to the buildings you walk past, wire mesh is working quietly all around you. Here's where Howard Wire shows up.
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Architecture & Facades
Perforated-metal facade screens
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Agriculture & Gardens
Welded-wire trellises & guards
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Machine Guarding
Welded mesh guarding the line
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Food & Beverage
Stainless woven-mesh baskets
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HVAC & Airflow
Mesh over heat-exchanger fins
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Mining & Aggregate
Welded screens grading aggregate
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Around the Home
Mesh fireplace & hearth screens
/ 03 · Why Howard Wire
Four Reasons Buyers Keep Coming Back.
Three generations of wire-mesh fabrication, from a single Howard Street shop in San Francisco to a full Hayward, CA operation.
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Quality
Materials
Sourced for strength, durability, and long-term performance.
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Custom Sizes
& Fabrication
Cut, formed, and fabricated to meet your exact specifications.
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Industry
Experience
Decades of knowledge serving industrial, commercial, and architectural markets.
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Reliable
Service
Responsive support and on-time delivery you can count on.
/ 04 · Built On ExperienceFamily-Owned.
Family-Owned.
California-Based.
Since 1938.
Hayward, California
Howard Wire Cloth Co. has been making industrial wire mesh out of the Bay Area for more than 88 years. Through three generations, we've kept it simple: source good materials, cut them right, and ship them on time.
We answer the phone when you call. Same family. Same warehouse. Same standard.
Talk To A Real HumanMeshy doesn't pick up the phone.
Meshy doesn't pick up the phone.
But we do.
Custom widths. Bulk pricing. Material certs. Engineering questions you can't find in a spec sheet. Meshy, our AI helper, can handle quick spec questions any time — but every quote and every hard question goes to a real person here in Hayward. No call center.
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM PT
- Warehouse
- Hayward, California