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1969 Queen’s Award to Industry, 1969 and 1971, and related papers | 1969 Queen’s Award to Industry, 1969 and 1971, and related papers | ||
1990 Acquired from [[Renold]] by Barry Wehmiller<ref>The Times, January 19, 1990</ref> | 1990 Acquired from [[Renold]] by [[Barry-Wehmiller Machinery Co|Barry Wehmiller]]<ref>The Times, January 19, 1990</ref> | ||
Now operates as BWI Manesty, producing modern tablet presses. | Now operates as BWI Manesty, producing modern tablet presses. | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 31 January 2018
Manesty Machines Ltd., of Speke, Liverpool, makers of machinery for pharmaceutical, chemical, plastics and other industries (MM)
Thompson and Capper became associated with Stokes Machine Co. of Philadelphia and started to produce tablet presses under the name of Manesty at the Liverpool factory.
The firm’s principal product was tablet compressing machinery and related equipment.
1946 Acquired by John Holroyd and Co in 1946.
1969 Queen’s Award to Industry, 1969 and 1971, and related papers
1990 Acquired from Renold by Barry Wehmiller[1]
Now operates as BWI Manesty, producing modern tablet presses.
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, January 19, 1990
- [1] Manchester Archives: catalogues, 1935, 1938 (photocopies); correspondence, circa 1941 and 1971, giving details of firm’s history (2 items,); ‘Tablet Making,’ A. Little and K. A. Mitchell, 1963; photographs of machinery, 1937 onwards (53 items) and high speed tablet machine, 1970.