Newman, Hender and Co









of Woodchester, Stroud
1879 Company founded.
1923 Private company.
1923 Mr Charles Percy Newman purchased the Woodchester Works of the United Brassfounders and Engineers, as a going concern for the receiver of that company and also re-registered the name of Newman, Hender and Co, whose business was absorbed by the United Brassfounders and Engineers in 1910 to resume its independent identity. This was to manufacture a complete line of valves, cocks and general steam and water fittings, such as had been made at the various works of the United Brassfounders and Engineers.[1]
1948 Company made public.
1961 Manufacturers of bronze, iron and steel valves, cocks and general fittings for steam, air, water, oil and gas services. 1,800 employees. [2]
1968 Order for bellows valves. [3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Mining Year Book 1960. Published by Walter E. Skinner. Advert p513
- ↑ The Engineer 1923/09/21
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 26th January 1968 p182