Hickman Williams & Co Hickman, Williams & Company was founded in 1890 in Louisville, Kentucky as a partnership to provide raw materials to the foundry industry. Richard B. Hickman and Harry L. Williams started their business with “two desks, two bicycles and a typewriter.” Today, Hickman, Williams & Company is a major sales and service organization, marketing ferroalloys, nickel, carbon additives, pig iron, coke and other related products. Although the number and type of products we provide ...