Barclay & Fry
| 1867 |
Barclay & Fry formed |
| 1875 |
Two patents issued for offset lithography |
| 1894 |
Barclay & Fry Ltd |
| 1922 |
Formed Metal Box |
Barringer Wallis & Manners
| 1860s |
Barringer & Brown were packing and selling mustard in tins
that were being hand made by their own workers and decorated with paper
labels or they were being decorated by The Tin Plate Decorating Co.
One of the partners, Charles Manners, was more interested in the packaging
than the goods inside and developed that side of the business, it became
so successfull that they were able to sell a surplus of tins to other
manufacturers. Soon they were transfer printing tins for themselves and
others. |
| 1887 |
Barringer Wallis & Manners. |
| 1895 |
Barringer Wallis & Manners Ltd. |
| 1903 |
First rotary printing press used. |
| 1939 |
Joined Metal Box |
Hudson Scott
| 1799 |
Began as a paper printers. |
| c1876 |
Began transfer printing tin. |
| 1889 |
Began to use offset lithography,
Hudson Scott at first supplied printed metal sheets to tin box
manufacturers but eventually opened a box works of their own in
Carlisle, they were closely associated with Carr's. |
| 1898 |
Hudson Scott & Sons Ltd. |
| 1922 |
Formed Metal Box & Co Ltd. |
Huntley Boorne & Stevens
| 1846 |
Huntley & Boorne |
| 1863 |
Tins with hinged
lids made for Huntley & Palmers. |
| 1872 |
Huntley Boorne & Stevens. |
| 1877 |
Began using Bryant
and Mays Patent which expired in 1889 and made both tin plate and boxes. |
| 1918 |
Bought by Huntley & Palmers. |
| 1968 |
Move from London Rd site in Reading to Woodleigh. |
| 1985 |
Company is bought by Linpac. |
| 2000 |
Cease to make tins. |
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Huntley & Boorne began life supplying tin boxes to Joseph Huntley
they quickly became one of the leading manufacturers of boxes taking
advantage of Ben George and Barclay & Fry patents. Tins often marked B & Ms Pat
(Bryant & May's Patent). |
The Tin Plate Decorating Co
| 1861 |
Established at Neath South Wales,
They shared the premises with Leach, Flower & Co, tinplate manufacturers.
The tins are often marked Flowers Patent. |
| 1885 |
The Tin Plate Decorating Co Ltd |
| 1910 |
Fell into the hands of the receiver |
| 1912 |
The company folded but immediately another company using exactly the same
name and premises took over at Neath. |
Others
| 1886 |
E T Gee & Sons, Liverpool |
| 1927 |
Joined Metal Box |
| 1933 |
Withdrew from Metal Box |
Atkins of Shipley and Hull, founded 1897 (formed Metal Box in 1922)
Edward Barlow & Sons Ltd (joined Metal Box in 1929)
EI & Co Ltd Shipley
Henry Bayerthall
The Canister Co Ltd, Barnsley
Drummond in Greenock, Scotland
Henry Grant & Co, London
Leach, Flower & Co, South Wales (tin plate manufacturers)
N C Joseph Ltd worked in Aluminium
F Robinson & Co, Hull (joined Metal Box in 1936)
W B Williamson, Worcester