Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,394 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Spooner Industries

From Graces Guide

of Ilkley

1959 A London quotation was being sought for the issued capital of Spooner Industries, Lid., makers of machinery for the paper, textile, food and other industries[1]

1964 'Spooner Industries, the £1.2 Million firm making machinery for the textile, bakery, paper-making and other Industries'[2]

1967 Acquired Asser Engineering, of Chesterton, Newcastle, Staffs. Asser made machinery for the bakery industry.[3]

1978 Acquired by Sandvik Swedish Steels

1988 A member of the fast expanding Thomas Robinson Process Engineering Group of companies who are world leaders in food engineering and are set on significant growth.[4]

2006 Returned to private ownership.

2024 See Spooner Industries Ltd website.


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Sources of Information

  1. The Scotsman 07 December 1959
  2. Belfast Telegraph - Friday 03 April 1964
  3. Birmingham Daily Post 28 March 1967
  4. Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette 15 December 1988