Padley and Venables
of Suprex Works, Northwood Street, Birmingham, 3. Telephone: CENtral 1238. Telegraphic Address: "Suprex, Birmingham". (1938)
of Dronfield, Sheffield
1911 Company founded.
1921 Private company.
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Stainless Steel Sheets, Strip, Bars, Wire Sections, Tubes, Castings - polished and unpolished; also demonstrative applications fabricated from these materials. (Stand No. D.514) [1]
1947 Company made public.
1960 Advert for percussive bits and rods for mining. [2]
1961 Manufacturers of pneumatic and mining tools. Finishers and polishers of stainless steel sheet, strip, bar and castings. 480 employees. [3]
1962 Maker of pneumatic and mining tools and hard metal. Acquired by Derbyshire Stone[4]
1968 Became part of Tarmac Derby
1970 Given the charge of the William Lee malleable iron foundry.[5]
Note: (07/08)
- Padley and Venables are still in Dronfield and have their own website: [1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair p398
- ↑ Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p605
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Aug. 29, 1962
- ↑ The Times May 20, 1970