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Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co

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Nov 1919.
1938.
1938. "Dormer" Brand.
1943.
February 1943.
May 1943
Jan 1945.
August 1945.
Sept 1945.
May 1947.

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April/November 1947.
December 1947.
February 1948.
April 1948.
May 1948.
June 1948.
August 1948.
May 1950.
1951. Dormer twist drills.
1951
January 1952.
March 1952.
June 1952.
July 1952.
August 1952.
1954.
November 1954.
January 1956.
December 1956.
November 1957. Dormer.
November 1958.
1960. Dormer twist drills.
1961. Dormer.
May 1961.
1962.
May 1962.
July 1962.
Aug 1962.
Sept 1962.
May 1964.
November 1968. Dormer.
November 1968. Dormer.
1973.

Makers of engineers cutting tools, of Summerfield Street, Sheffield 11; of Suffolk House, 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, London, E.C.4.

1913 Company formed: Sheffield Twist Drill Co

1923 London office in Mansion House Chambers, 11 Queen Victoria-street, E.C.[1]

1937 Small tool manufacturers. "Dorclax", "Dormer", "Dormerex" Twist Drills. [2]

1940 Advert for Dormer twist drills. [3]

1945 Advert for Dormer twist drills and small tools. [4]

1947 Public company.

1961 Manufacturers of "Dormer" twist drills, reamers, end mills, milling cutters, taps and dies, and machine tools. 1,250 employees. [5]

1972 Amalgamated with Aldridge Tool (Holdings)[6]

1972 Dormer Tools (Sheffield) Ltd was incorporated, distributor of machine tools

1975 Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co was acquired by SKF[7]

1982 Name of Dormer Tools (Sheffield) was changed to SKF and Dormer Tools (Sheffield) Ltd

1984 Name of SKF and Dormer Tools (Sheffield) was changed to Sheffield Twist Drill and Steel Co Ltd

1985 The company was dormant

1990 Name changed to SKF and Dormer Tools UK Sales Ltd

1993 Name changed to Dormer Tools Ltd

By 1994 seems to have been a subsidiary of CTT Tools UK Holdings Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer 1923/08/10
  2. ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  3. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p194
  4. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p77
  5. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  6. ↑ The Times, Jun 30, 1972
  7. ↑ The Times July 10, 1975
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