National Pressure Cooker Co
From Graces Guide
Maker of Presto branded pressure cookers, of Fort Works, Wolverhampton.
1920 Company founded.
A subsidiary company of Midland Metal Spinning Co Ltd.
1948 Private company.
1955 Midland Metal Spinning became part of Midland Aluminium.[1].
1961 Manufacturers of "Presto" pressure cooker and electrical cooking appliances. 150 employees. [2]
1974 Became part of Tube Investments.
1986 TI sold Russell Hobbs and Tower Housewares to Polly Peck.[3]
1991 When Polly Peck collapsed, Russell Hobbs was sold to Pifco.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jan 07, 1955
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, December 12, 1986