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Revision as of 11:50, 22 March 2018
of Eagle Iron Works, 20 to 22 Winding Road, Halifax, Yorkshire.
London Office: Norfolk House, Laurence Pountney Hill, E.C.
1886 Company founded by Frederick Pratt at Halifax.
1891 London office opened.
1897 Private company.
1914 Engineers and machine tool makers. Specialities: machine tools and workshop equipment for engineers, shipbuilders, boilermakers, bridge builders, dockyards, bolt and nut making, wood working etc. [1]
1953 Company made public.
1955 Acquired F. Burnerd and Co[2] from George Cohen, Sons and Co[3]
1956 Established Pratt Precision Hydraulics as sales agents
1961 Manufacturers of lathe chucks, hydraulic equipment, pneumatic cylinders and fixtures. 600 employees. [4]
1968 Acquired Arnott and Harrison[5]
c.1970 Formation of Pratt Burnerd, chuck makers, which later became part of the 600 Group
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, Feb 07, 1957
- ↑ The Times, Sep 29, 1955
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Feb 28, 1969