Platers and Stampers
From Graces Guide
of Burnley, Lancashire
1936 Private company.
1948 Company made public.
1950 "...company recently bought a new factory in Blackburn,Lancashire, and have also purchased controlling interest in Champion (Scissors), Ltd, Sheffield, which employs 400 workers in four factories.[1]
c.1951 Agents for "Prestige" knives and cooking appliances (see advert)
1956 British subsidiary of Ekco Products of Chicago; the 2 companies formed closer links with Venesta by appointing the chairman of Ekco to the board of Venesta[2]
1956 Company name changed to Prestige Group in order to reflect the name of the principal product group of the company[3]
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