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.[1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1925/07/31