Notable Orders: 1960s
Mainly hydraulic presses for the metal forming industries
This page contains a précis of notable orders taken by the company and the machinery they produced for those orders. If you (or someone you knew) worked on any of the machines noted here, please leave your memories of your (or their) part in the completion of that order by Adding a comment at the bottom of the page.
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Date | Description of Goods | Client | Country | Value (£) | Order No. | Source |
01/08/(1961) | 1000 ton Vertical Pull-Down Piercing press, 400 ton Pull-Down Drawing press, Accumulators, Pumps and Ancilliaries | R.O.F. Birtley, Co. Durham | UK | 500,000 | 59330-59490 | D7338/10/6/6 |
27/07/(1959) | 1500 ton Two-Column Pull-Down press | Daniel Doncaster | UK | 100,000 | 59570 | D7338/10/6/6 |
20/07/1960 | 500 ton Hypactor press | Aluminium Menziken | Switzerland | 90,000 | 60350 | D7338/10/6/6 |
15/05/1961 | 1500 ton Aluminium Extrusion press | Aluminium Menziken | Switzerland | 90,000 | 60360 | D7338/10/6/6 |
31/01/1961 | 1200 ton Aluminium Plate Stretching m/c | James Booth, Birmingham | UK | 116,000 | 60750 | D7338/10/6/6 |
03/05/1961 | 3500 ton Horizontal Extrusion press | Henry Wiggin, Hereford | UK | 235,000 | 61360 | D7338/10/6/6 |
28/06/1961 | 3000 ton Vertical Forging/Extrusion press & Equipment | Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL), Bangalore | India | 143,000 | 61370 | D7338/10/6/6 |
11/05/1962 | 3900 ton Aluminium Plate Stretching m/c | C.E.G.E.D.U.R. | France | 335,000 | 62020 | D7338/10/6/6 |
03/05/1962 | 1750 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for brass | McKechnie Bros. | South Africa | 107,000 | 62220 | D7338/10/6/7 |
15/10/1963 | 3300 ton Single Daylight Platen press, | B S & W Whiteley | UK | 265,000 | 63160
63170 | D7338/10/6/7 |
18/06/1963 | 1790 US ton Horizontal Extrusion press & Equipment, for aluminium | Independant Aluminium Extruders (INDALEX) Cheltenham | UK | 65,000 | 63230 | D7338/10/6/7 |
16/10/1963 | 3500 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, Accumulator & Pumps, for copper tube | Yorkshire Imperial Metals (YIM), Kirkby, Liverpool | UK | 310,000 | 63360 | D7338/10/6/7 |
26/11/1963 | 1500 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for copper | Wednesbury Tube, Bilston | UK | 121,000 | 63370 | D7338/10/6/7 |
06/09/1963 | 600 ton ‘Fittings’ press | Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Leeds | UK | 22,145 | 63440 | D7338/10/6/7 |
21/11/1963 | 600 ton ‘Fittings’ press | Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Leeds | UK | 22,295 | 63600 | D7338/10/6/7 |
08/06/1964 | 700 ton ‘Fittings’ press | Yorkshire Imperial Metals, Leeds | UK | 33,830 | 63690 | D7338/10/6/7 |
22/01/1964 | 1128 ton Shear, for scrap metal | Birds, Swansea | UK | 69,000 | 64040 | D7338/10/6/7 |
06/04/1964 | 2500 ton Heading & Indenting press | Machine Tools, (for O.F.Katni) | India | 61,000 | 64230 | D7338/10/6/7 |
20/05/1964 | 2750 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | Alcan Industries, Rogerstone | UK | 101,000 | 64370 | D7338/10/6/7 |
01/10/1964 | 2750 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | High Duty Alloys, Workington | UK | 180,000 | 64530 | D7338/10/6/7 |
12/07/1964 | 1600 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | Comalco, Perth | Australia | 70,000 | 64550 | D7338/10/6/7 |
06/10/1964 | 2500 ton horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | E & E Kaye, Enfield | UK | 100,000 | 64560 | D7338/10/6/7 |
27/11/1964 | 1220D Dynapak | David Brown (for Madrid) | Spain | 38,000 | 64820 | D7338/10/6/7 |
09/06/1965 | 2500 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for copper | Enfield Rolling Mills, Enfield | UK | 175,000 | 65240 | D7338/10/6/7 |
27/05/1965 | 1600 ton horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | Aluminium Extrusions, Melbourne | Australia | 67,000 | 65300 | D7338/10/6/7 |
09/08/1965 | 20 – H3 Hydraulic Pumps | Cameron Iron Works, Livingstone | UK | 53,000 | 65420 | D7338/10/6/7 |
12/08/1965 | 2000 ton Closed Die Forging press | Cameron Iron Works, Livingstone | UK | 61,000 | 65430 | D7338/10/6/7 |
10/08/1965 | 50 gal Accumulator and H3 Pumps | Cameron Iron Works, Livingstone | UK | 40,000 | 65440 | D7338/10/6/7 |
09/12/1965 | 6100 ton Platen press | Permali, Gloucester | UK | 53,000 | 65470 | D7338/10/6/7 |
04/03/1966 | 1600/80 ton Hydrostatic Extrusion press | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA), Springfield | UK | 120,000 | 65630 | D7338/10/6/7 |
22/04/1966 | 2400 ton Downstroking ‘Sindanyo’ press | Turners Asbestos Co. Manchester | UK | 46,800 | 66170 | D7338/10/6/7 |
26/05/1966 | 1000 ton Downstroking Wheel Contracting & Sizing press | Joseph Sankey & Sons | UK | 58,000 | 66210 | D7338/10/6/7 |
14/10/1966 | 1600 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | Comalco, Perth Queensland | Australia | 76,000 | 66230 | D7338/10/6/7 |
03/08/1966 | 6900 short ton Multi-Daylight Platen press | Domtar (Arborite), North Shields | UK | 250,000 | 66320 | D7338/10/6/7 |
25/10/1966 | 1220D Dynapak | GKN, Garrington | UK | 42,000 | 66430 | D7338/10/6/7 |
20/03/1967 | 1600 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | E & E Kaye, Enfield | UK | 70,000 | 67170 | D7338/10/6/7 |
25/08/1967 | 1600 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | High Duty Alloys, Workington | UK | 110,000 | 67190 | D7338/10/6/7 |
22/11/1967 | 1220D Dynapak | Stein & Roubaix | France | 44,000 | 67560 | D7338/10/6/7 |
17/11/1967 | 3000 ton Closed Die Forging press, Accumulator & H3 Pumps | Barr Thompson, Kilmarnock | UK | 120,000 | 67710 | D7338/10/6/7 |
27/02/1968 | Single mould Slab press | Adamant Stone, Aberdeen | UK | 9,000 | K70590 | D7338/10/6/7 |
17/06/1968 | 1900 ton Horizontal Extrusion press, for aluminium | RTZ Metals, Widnes | UK | 133,000 | E70700 | D7338/10/6/7 |
09/08/1968 | 2000 tonne Extrusion press, for aluminium | I/S Aluminium Profiler, Raufoss | Norway | 135,542 | E71850 | D7338/10/6/8 |
21/02/1969 | 2 – Single Daylight Platen presses | Davey Company, New Jersey | USA | 199,400 | L73490 | D7338/10/6/8 |
25/03/1969 | 2 – 2750 ton Carbon Anode presses | Taywood Wrightson, for Invergordon | UK | 240,733 | V73950 | D7338/10/6/8 |
19/06/1969 | 1600 ton Extrusion plant, for aluminium | Svenska Metalverken | Sweden | 171,762 | E74280 | D7338/10/6/8 |
14/10/1969 | 850 ton Vertical Pierce press, for ‘A’ Mill. 150 ton Push Bench. Oil Hydraulic System | Chesterfield Cylinders | UK | 241,944 | X74170 X74250 X74270 | D7338/10/6/8 |
31/07/1969 | 600 ton ‘Fittings’ press | ‘Meteor’, Rhone | France | 30,650 | E75210 | D7338/10/6/8 |
17/12/1969 | 7 – Single mould presses & tooling | Taylor Woodrow, London | Romania | 106,355 | K75680 | D7338/10/6/8 |
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