Notable Orders: 1930s
A large selection of major orders received prior to WW2
This page contains a précis of notable orders taken by the company and the machinery they produced for those orders. If you (or someone you knew) worked on any of the machines noted here, please leave your memories of your (or their) part in the completion of that order by Adding a comment at the bottom of the page.
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Date | Description of Goods | Client | Country | Value (£) | Order No. | Source |
02/09/1931 | 400 ton Slab press & tooling | Nottingham Corporation | UK | 6712 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
25/02/1932 | 1000 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Thos. Bolton & Sons | UK | 6764 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
22/03/1932 | 1500 ton Treble Action Flanging press | Rubery Owen | UK | 6775 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
07/06/1932 | D/A Rivetter 5′ gap x 16″ x 50 tons | GWR for Wolverhampton | UK | 6810 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
03/02/1933 | Vertical Hydraulic Radiator press | Serck Radiators | UK | 6878 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
03/04/1933 | 600 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Manganese Bronze & Brass Co., Ipswich | UK | 6896 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
11/04/1933 | 600 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Serck Radiators | UK | 6904 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
19/05/1933 | 2000 ton Cable Extrusion press | Metro Electric Cable & Construction Co. | UK | 6915 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
06/03/1934 | 1000 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Serck Radiators | UK | 7082 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
03/08/1934 | 750 ton Horizontal Extrusion press | Imperial Chemical Industries | UK | 7181 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
07/03/1935 | 1250 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Aston Chain & Hook Co. | UK | 7289 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
09/04/1935 | 1500 ton Vertical Extrusion press | Hudson & Wright | UK | 7319 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
19/08/1935 | 900 ton Lead Pipe press | Walkers Parker & Co. | UK | 7421 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
23/12/1935 | 1000 ton Hydraulic press | Sterling Tubes Ltd. | UK | 7475 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
14/02/1936 | 1000 ton Horizontal Extrusion press | Finspong Metalverk | Sweden | 7493 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
13/03/1936 | 600 ton Wheel press | Bengal Nagpur railway | India | 7519 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
30/03/1936 | 2000 ton Heading press | Vickers Armstrong | UK | 7535 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
29/10/1936 | 2000 ton Horizontal Extrusion press | Reynold Tube | UK | 7726 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
30/11/1936 | 2-‘F’ Rivetters 24′ x 12″ x 8″ ram | GWR, Swindon | UK | 7762 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
16/12/1936 | 1000 ton Vertical ‘Serck’ Extrusion press | Birmingham Battery Co. | UK | 7800 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
16/12/1936 | 1000 ton Vertical ‘Serck’ Extrusion press | Wednesbury Tube Co. | UK | 7813 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
17/12/1936 | 1000 ton Vertical ‘Serck’ Extrusion press | P H Muntz & Co. | UK | 7820 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
11/11/1937 | 2000 ton Cable Sheathing press | Lancashire Cables, Warrington | UK | 6,700 | 8120 | D7338/10/6/1 |
29/11/1937 | 6-500 ton Cupping & Drawing presses | ICI Metals, for swansea | UK | 8314 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
29/11/1937 | 7-200 ton Drawing presses | ICI Metals, for Swansea | UK | 8315 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
29/11/1937 | 6-100 ton Drawing presses | ICI Metals, for Swansea | UK | 8316 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
19/02/1938 | 250 ton Stretching m/c | Northern Aluminium | UK | 8213 | D733810/6/1 | |
19/03/1938 | 2500 ton Heading & Indenting press | War Office, for Woolwich | UK | 8217 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
28/06/1938 | 500 ton Vertical ‘Serck’ press | Johnson Matthey | UK | 8294 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
23/07/1938 | 300 ton Vertical Shell Punching press | War Office, for Woolwich | UK | 8340 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
23/07/1938 | 250 ton Horizontal Drawing press | War Office, for Woolwich | UK | 8341 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
23/07/1938 | 350 ton Drawing press | ICI Metals, Birmingham | UK | 8347 | D7338/10/6/1 | |
19/08/1938 | 4000 ton Rubber Die press | Bristol Aeroplane, Bristol | UK | 8352 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
30/01/1939 | Quantity 150-200-450 ton Cupping & Drawing presses | Australian Commonwealth | Australia | 8468-8478 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
05/04/1939 | 16-125 ton Heading presses | War Office | UK | 8520 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
01/05/1939 | 1500 ton Horizontal Extrusion press for tube. | Earle Bourne & Co. | UK | 8526 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
21/06/1939 | 3-500 ton Cupping & Drawing presses | War Office (for R.O.F. Birtley) | UK | 12,066 | 8577 | D7338/10/6/2 |
21/06/1939 | 1-500 ton Drawing press | War Office | UK | 4,122 | 8578 | D7338/10/6/2 |
21/06/1939 | 3-200 ton Drawing presses | War Office | UK | 10,416 | 8579 | D7338/10/6/2 |
21/06/1939 | 2-100 ton Drawing presses | War Office | UK | 6,824 | 8580 | D7338/10/6/2 |
22/07/1939 | 3500 ton Aluminium Extrusion press | Northern Aluminium (for Rogerstone) | UK | 59,240 | 8601 | D7338/10/6/2 |
22/07/1939 | 1500 ton Aluminium Extrusion press | Northern Aluminium (for Rogerstone) | UK | 8609 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
21/10/1939 | 13-125 ton Heading presses | War Office | UK | 14,684 | 8703 | D7338/10/6/2 |
23/10/1939 | 6-500 ton Cupping presses | Ministry of Supply | UK | 15,600 | 8711 | D7338/10/6/2 |
23/10/1939 | 7-200 ton Drawing presses | Ministry of Supply | UK | 14,532 | 8712 | D7338/10/6/2 |
23/10/1939 | 6-100 ton Drawing presses | Ministry fo Supply | UK | 11,200 | 8713 | D7338/10/6/2 |
23/10/1939 | 1500 ton Heading press | Ministry of Supply(for R.O.F. Birtley) | UK | 8723 | D7338/10/6/2 | |
06/11/1939 | 1500 ton Aluminium Extrusion press | Northern Aluminium,(for Rogerstone) | UK | 9,720 | 8738 | D7338/10/6/2 |
12/12/1939 | 5000 ton Aluminium Extrusion press with 700 ton piercer | Northern Aluminium,(for Rogerstone) | UK | 62,915 | 8769 | D8338/10/6/2 |
29/12/1939 | 10-100 ton Heading presses | Ministry of Supply | UK | 8,230 | 8784 | D7338/10/6/2 |
Comments about this page
I see that there was an order for a press from Vickers Armstrong in 1936. My father worked for Vickers in Weybridge, Surrey, in the late 1930’s and early 40’s and he told me about a Fielding press that they had there. I have a book about the Royal Air Force from 1941 and there is a page in it advertising Fraser mono-radial pumps and in the picture as well is a Fielding press!
My father told me he had to do some welding on something that was being pressed at the time, with the press on full load! I have scanned the page and will send it to you so that it can be added to this comment. Chippy Aston.
Hi Chippy! Thank you for sending the page from the Royal Air Force book. By chance, I was looking through the Machinery section and I have identified the photo in the Andrew Fraser advert. I have therefore added a link to your comment above and also added your advert page to the press photo; it should take you to the relevant Machinery section page. John B
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