Pultra
From Graces Guide
of 24 Gravel Lane, Salford, Manchester.
Also known as P.T.A.
Makers of instrument lathes.
1942 Patent. Tool Holder for Machine Tools. P. P. Thornton, F. M. Shaw, and Pultra, Ltd.[1]
1956 Machine tool engineers of Dawson Road, Broadheath, Altrincham. 58 engineers and 12 staff.[2]
1956 Acquired by Gas Purification and Chemical Co.[3]
1961 Sold to the British Tap and Die Co.[4]
The scientist James Lovelock owned and used a Pultra lathe for development work in his home laboratory. Now in the collection of the Science Museum[5]
See lathes.co.uk for excellent information on the company and its products.
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