Millars' Machinery Co
Millars' Machinery Co., Pinners' Hall, London.
of Great Winchester Street, London.
1924 Previously part of Millars' Timber and Trading Company of Pinners' Hall, London, E.C.2. The company decided to transfer the whole of its machinery business to a separate organisation specially adapted to deal with it, and so the new company Millars' Machinery Co was registered in 1924. The head office remained at Pinners' Hall and the works at Kirtling-street, Battersea, S.W. 8.[1]
1924 Private company.
1930 Offered:
- Millars' single opening tilting drum Concrete Mixer, which completely revolutionised concrete mixing. This is the machine which Millars pioneered in this country.
- Asphalt Plants manufactured in a range of capacities.
- Low Temperature Dryer for stone, sand and natural bitumen avoids excessive heating of the stone, etc., and the consequent burning of the tar, or other binder employed. This is used in Millars' Bituminous and Tarmacadam Plants.
- Tractor, with its single castor steering, can operate in the most congested areas where usual transport is impossible.
1950 Civil Engineering Contractors’ Equipment, including Plant for Production of Tar and Bituminous Macadams and Hot and Cold Asphalts, Millars’ Wellpoint Dewatering System, Concrete Mixers of all sizes. Pumps, Winches, etc.
1961 Manufacturers of plant for civil engineers and contractors including concrete storage and batching plants, concrete mixers, asphalt and coated macadam plant, and wellpoint dewatering equipment.[2]
1969 Ralli International acquired Millars Timber and Trading[3]
1970 Ralli sold Millars Machinery but retained Wellpoint division, specialist in dewatering equipment.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1924/07/04
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times May 13, 1971