Sheffield Steel Products

Nov 1919.

Dec 1921.

1926.

1926.

1926. Forging Excentric Rolls, with Squeezing Device.

1926. Forging - Power Hammers and Tools.

1926. File-Annealing Furnace.

1926. Shardlow File Cutting Machines.

1926. Hess-Type File-Cutting Machines.

1926. Sand Scouring Machine.

1926. Wrapping Files.

1926. "Proving" Files.

1926. Soldering the Inner Cases for Shipment.

1926. Belt-Driven Power Hammer.

of Templeborough Works, Sheffield. Telephone: Sheffield 41241. Cables: "Solidity, Sheffield"

1918 Private company.

1919 Company made public.

1919 Acquired the National Projectile Factory at Templeborough, Sheffield.

1920 At time of public sale of shares, claimed to be "largest manufacturer of table cutlery in the world"; consisted of a number of companies which had been amalgamated into this company:

• W. K. and C. Peace
• Carr, Wild and Co
• Boswell, Hatfield and Co
• Moses Eadon and Sons (wholly owned)
• E. W. Cheesman and Co
• Joseph Peace and Co
• Arnold and Son
• Chaucer Plating Co
• Sheffield Scissors, Razor and Tool Co
• Oxley Brothers (wholly owned)

to which would be added:

• Hemmings and Co (1920)
• Amalgamated Stampers which incorporated stampers and drop forgers Armstrong, Stevens and Son, Smethwick Stamping Co and Steel Stampings Ltd
• Herbert Plumpton
• George Plumpton
• Lancashire Tool Co
• Thewlis, Griffith and Edelsten

By linking these businesses, the company hoped to achieve economies of manufacture from vertical integration and investment in new machines., including steel plant and rolling mills.

By 1921 also included Acme Screw Co

1922 Recognising that retailers were making a substantial margin on the company's products, another company was established, Sheffield Steel Products (Stores) Ltd, to establish and operate retail establishments in various parts of the country

1923 Capital reconstruction instituted as the only alternative to winding-up

1925 Major reorganisation had been implemented; clear break established with the Stores business; the company would concentrate on the wholesale trade

1926 Produced a new type of refuse-collecting tipping trailer and the Sheffield Corporation trialled it. It was a modification of the H.B. trailer, and was designed with the object of rapidly collecting and discharging refuse.

1927 The Stores business was put into voluntary liquidation

1928 'A 50-in. File.— Sheffield has long been noted for the manufacture of files of every description, and the latest production, of which we have just received particulars, should still further enhance that reputation. Sheffield Steel Products, Limited, Templeborough Works, have successfully manufactured a double-ended file having a total length of over 50 in., and a cross-section measuring 1 in. by 1/4 in. For the benefit of those not intimate with this type of work, we may be permitted to draw attention to the difficulties which had to be overcome. Firstly, in the hardening process, considerable experience and skill would be required to ensure an even temperature over the full length of the file immediately before quenching in order to avoid any distortion, and we are informed that, in this case, subsequent tests proved the alignment to be perfect and the degree of hardness to be uniform. Secondly, as the grinding machines were unable to accommodate this great length, this operation had to be done by hand; and, thirdly, the cutting had to be carried out in two operations, as the traverse of the tables of the machines was too short to enable it to be done in one.'

1929 Capital reduction

1929 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Cutlery and Tools, Stainless Steel Table Cutlery, all Metal Cutlery, Electroplate, Spoons and Forks, Canteens and Cabinets, Pocket Knives, Garden Shears, Saws, Edge Tools, etc. Magneto Magnets, Telephones, Meters. (Stand No. J.35)

1936 Sold Smethwick Stamping Co

1936 Created new public company Armstrong, Stevens and Son Ltd which it sold to Messrs Victor Riley and John Harper Bean (for further on him see A. Harper, Sons and Bean) who then sold shares to the public.

1939 Sale of surplus land at Templeborough; capital reduction. Acquired Burt Brothers Ltd of Birmingham, coppersmiths and metal spinners

WWII Made 12 million solid-handled knives, 2 million clasp knives, as well as files, permanent magnets, wire cutters, as well as saws, edge tools, etc

1959 Purchased by Arusha Industries Ltd.

1961 Manufacturers of magnets, files, tools, cutlery, stampings and pressings. Brass and coppersmiths and metal spinners.

1965 Sold British Rustless Iron and Steel Products to Hiram Wild

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