RichardB Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 The Spear & Jackson timeline 1760 John Love, a draper, and merchant Alexander Spear recognised a future in steel and set up a new business in Sheffield called Spear & Love 1814 John Spear, Alexander's nephew, took on a young apprentice called Sam Jackson, who soon proved his worth 1830 A new partnership was formed - Spear & Jackson 1889 James Neill, a successful accountant, turns to steelmaking and patents "composite" steel (steel-backed iron) 1909 The Eclipse trademark is registered by James Neill 1911 The world's first composite steel hacksaw blades are manufactured by Eclipse 1924 Eclipse, having added hacksaw frames to their range, develops the classic shape which all hacksaws now mirror 1941 Winston Churchill visits Neill factory 1985 Eclipse owner Neill Tools buys Spear & Jackson 1990s Eclipse delivers the next generation of cutting with their patented ground tooth technology 1995 Neill Tools is renamed Spear & Jackson plc 2007 Today, Spear & Jackson exports to 115 countries on every continent and has subsidiary companies in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. After 245 years of production, Spear & Jackson's headquarters remains in Sheffield. http://www.spear-and-jackson.com/Aboutus/index.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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