British Perlit Iron Co

c1925 Company was formed.

1925 They purchased the British and colonial patent rights of Heinrich Lanz of Mannhein, Germany, for the manufacture of high-quality grey cast iron, which passes under the trade name of "Perlit" iron. The directors of the company were:-

• Mr Summers Hunter, Junior - of the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co, which company had taken a licence to manufacture Perlit iron.
• L. H. Cripps - a director of Alfred Holt and Co of Liverpool, which had also purchased a licence.
• Mr Hans Meyer - of Messrs. Heinrich Lanz of Mannheim, Germany.
• Mr John A. Smeeton - who was appointed managing director.

Mr H. J. Young was retained as a consulting metallurgist by the company with the permission of the North Eastern Marine Engineering Co.

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