Investment gives one of Sheffield’s oldest manufacturers a new cutting-edge

Posted on 19 Nov 2020 by Tom Lane

A Sheffield-based scissor manufacturer who supplies Royalty, Formula 1, golf greens and bulletproof jacket specialists has invested in three new machines to help it meet an unprecedented rise in retail sales.

William Whiteley & Sons, which has been trading for more than 260 years, has made an investment in excess of £80,000 in upgrading its production capability to include state-of-the-art vibratory finishing technology. Boosted by a capital grant from the Manufacturing Growth Programme (MGP), the latest addition brings automation to the company for the first time, helping…

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