A.Taylor & Son News
30/11/10
Engineering comes home to Hunslet.
The historic suburb of Hunslet has all but lost the long established engineers which gave it a firm place in industrial history. The closure earlier this year of H. Pontifex signalled the end of the last of these big names however one Leeds company is doing their utmost to ensure the tradition continues.
Since the 18th Century the Pepper Road area was home to some of the finest engineers in the world including Mann's Patent Steam Cart and Wagon Company responsible for one of the first, practical, self-powered, load-carrying road vehicles. Mann realised the potential for this machine and went on to develop this into his "Patent Steam Cart" – to which the company title referred.
Other notable engineers at the site have included H. Braithwate copper smiths and brass founders who manufactured all kinds of copper work for brewers, distilllers, confectioners and dyers.
Founded in 1864 were Clayton, Son & Co., a major employer in Hunslet, with three sites at Moor End (off Beza Street), Dartmouth Works (off Garnet Road) and at Pepper Road. Between them their products shipped worldwide and can be still found today most notably the large Gasholders or gasometers as they are more commonly known.
This month the former H.Pontifex site has been purchased by fabrication and machining engineers A.Taylor & Son suppliers of high integrity fabrications to a variety of industries predominantly specialising in the Oil and Gas sector.
The new premises sits adjacent to one of their existing factories and will become home to the company’s expanding machining facility, allowing the installation of new machine tools currently in storage and giving scope for further planned expansion.
Itself founded in 1864 as tinsmiths and sheet metal workers in Kirkstall, Leeds, A.Taylor & Son has grown rapidly over recent years and currently operates from 3 sites employing 150 skilled engineers.
David Minskip Sales Director adds ‘I served my apprenticeship 20 years ago at Clayton, Son & Co. a long established Leeds engineer with sites at both Pepper Road and Moor End, Hunslet so I know the rich history attached to the area and the many thousands of people employed by such companies going back over the last century. For A.Taylor to secure this site only 3 years after moving into the old Archer Engineering factory makes us extremely proud that engineering will continue here for many years to come.’
24/08/10
Already a leader in sub contract fabrication and machining Leeds based engineers A.Taylor & Son have further strengthened their position with the commissioning of a state of the art 6 axis Fanuc M16i robotic welder.
Providing a fast and effective automated solution to variety of applications the robot is cutting it’s teeth on military equipment and with great success. Longer term the company plans to utilise the machine on the core subsea products it supplies globally.
Coming hot on the heels of a recent successful audit by the TWI for accreditation to the welding quality standard ISO 3834 Part 2 for which the company has been formally recommended for approval, A.Taylor continues to move at pace with the demands of its’ blue chip customer base.
21/08/10
To coincide with the launch of our new brochure the ataylor.co.uk website has been redesigned and rebranded.
The website has been re-launched with a vibrant new look, new content, significant layout updates and a downloadable brochure.
The new site covers all key disciplines including profiling, fabrication, welding, machining and testing, with current vacancies and an up to the minute news section.
We hope you find our website informative, should you wish to suggest an improvement we would be delighted to hear from you. Please email any constructive comments to sales@ataylor.co.uk.
21/08/10
We are seeking to strengthen our existing team and have vacancies for….
Please visit the vacancy section for further details of current opportunities.
19/03/10
We are proud to announce the launch of our new corporate brochure. It is over 10 years since our last brochure was produced and back in 1999 the company occupied one site in Weaver Street employing 60 employees.
Today A.Taylor operates from 4 sites in Leeds giving a combined capacity of over 80,000 ft2, with a 120 strong work force.
The new brochure is available to download from this site 'here', alternatively please contact sales@ataylor.co.uk for a hard copy.
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