Finney Presses




of New Eagle Foundry, Berkeley Street, Birmingham
Makers of hydraulic presses
Possible early connection with Midland Machinery and Press Tool Co, Eagle Foundry, Broad Street.
1926 Mention of the New Eagle Foundry. (Part of the address of Finney in 1950). [1]
1945 Advertising vacancies. Finney Presses Ltd, Berkeley Street, Birmingham.[2]
1954/5 Acquired by Metal Industries; the company would complement the presses business of Fawcett, Preston and Co[3].
1957 New applications were developed for the Grier-Mercier hydro-pneumatic accumulators[4]
1958 Merged into Fawcett Preston; operations were concentrated at Bromborough and Birmingham was closed[5]