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Ormiston Wire – flying with the times

Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds puppets were lifted by Ormiston Wire, and in the 21 st Century the company has supplied the wire that made the broomsticks fly in the popular Harry Potter series. Other bespoke applications of Ormiston wires include sculptures fromthe Thomas Heatherwick Studio, and antenna braid for the British Antarctic Survey.

British Wire celebrates its 220 th birthday this year. The company, formed in London in 1793 by Philip Ormiston, is currently under the stewardship of his descendant, Mark Ormiston. Ormiston Wire began trading as a manufacturer of spring wire for corsets andwigs,butdiversifiedinthe19 th Century. During the 1960s and 1970s Ormiston provided vital support for some of the biggest television stars of the decade. company Ormiston

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