EoW July 2013

Focus on United Kingdom History and innovation lead the way for UK firms Some of the companies who put the Great into Britain’s wire and cable industry

From bombings to Harry Potter – and still going strong ORMISTON Wire, one of Britain’s longest running family businesses, celebrates its 220 th birthday this year. The company, which was formed in 1793 by Philip Ormiston in the city of London, is still going strong under the stewardship of his sixth-generation descendant Mark Ormiston. The entire 220-year history of Ormiston Wire can be viewed as an interactive timeline on its Facebook page. Ormiston Wire began trading in 1793 as a manufacturer of spring-wire for corsets and wigs but soon diversified in the 19 th century as one of

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