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S MURRAY & CO
A F
IRM
F
OUNDATION FOR THE
F
UTURE
NotableMilestones
Ownermanaged for four generations, SMurray
&Cohas ahistoryof growthanddevelopment
with a number of notablemilestones:-
Plastic Containers
Beginningwith thedistributorshipof Fibrenyle
products in 1963, the company commenced
in-housemanufacture in 1984, then acquired
blow-moulding and silk-screen specialists
MillerMouldings Ltd in 1989.
Manufacturewas relocated toWoking
in 2001.
LaboratoryEquipment
Manufacture of test tubes was relocated from
London toWoking in 1941. The company
commenced distribution of Trident Vials in
1964 and acquired laboratory scaffolding
manufacturer Climpex Ltd in 1998.
Surgical Instruments
The acquisition of Sheffield-based surgical
and dissecting instrument manufacturers
GeorgeGill & Sons took place in 1948,
Nowlin& Son in 1990 andHeeley Surgical
in 1999. Manufacture relocated to a new
purposebuilt factory, still in Sheffield, in2003.
Sheffield factory
