A topic for information regarding the British Metallising Co. Ltd. and the earlier entity of Precious Metal Industries, Ltd.
If you have any details of the above company, advertisements, examples of their work, etc., anything that you are willing to share, then here's the place to post it.
The British Metallising Company Ltd. entered their mark, 'BMCLd' with the London Assay Office.
Noted as exhibitors at the British Industries Fair of 1929.
The British Metallising Company Ltd. went into voluntary liquidation in 1934.
A disadvantage attached to silver brushes, walking-stick heads, and so on, is that if dropped they suffer badly. The resinous material between the silver and the surface of the handle breaks, and a dent appears in the silver, which later peals off. Thus an important development in the silverware industry is the appearance of B.M.C. silverware, which consists in the application of silver electrically straight on to the surface which it is to adorn, instead of in conjunction with a filling of resinous material. Thus a silver brush with a vulcanite base consists only of vulcanite and silver, and will survive without dents all the knocks and tumbles to which such articles are apt to be subjected. All kinds of articles such as brushes, picture frames, manicure sets, clocks, and mirrors can be obtained in B.M.C. silverware. Among them are beautiful, satisfying designs with various engine-turnings, and every piece is Britannia hall-marked pure silver.
Annual Exhibition of the Physical and Optical Societies
Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, was once more the scene of the annual exhibition (the nineteenth) of the Physical and Optical Societies on Jan. 8, 9, and 10. The large number of visitors again testified to the widespread interest in the Exhibition on all sides, and its usefulness to trade and industry was evident by the exhibits, bewildering in their number and variety, of the various sections. The general arrangements were similar to those of last year, and congratulations must once more be offered to Mr. T. Martin as secretary, on the success which attended the Exhibition and to all those responsible in various ways for their unfailing courtesy and helpfulness.
It is impossible in a short description to do justice to every part of the Exhibition, and the only plan that can be followed, therefore, is to mention, so far as possible, some of the exhibits typical of recent developments in research and industry.
In the Trade Section there were eighty-two exhibiting firms. Among their exhibits the following may be mentioned :
The British Metallising Company, Ltd., had an exhibit illustrating the present and possible uses to scientific instrument manufacturers of their process of producing a metal film or coating firmly adherent to a non-metallic base, on which in turn a large range of non-ferrous metals may afterwards be plated to any desired thickness.
Notice is hereby given that a Meeting of the creditors of the above named Company will be held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London, E.C.2, on Thursday, the twentieth day of December, 1934, at twelve-thirty o'clock in the afternoon, for the purposes mentioned in sections 238, 239 and 240 of the Companies Act, 1929.— Dated this tenth day of December, 1934.
R. L. ROBINSON, Secretary
Company Meetings of the Week.—On later pages of this issue will be found the reports of the following companies :—
British Metallising
At the Statutory meeting of the British Metallising Company the commercial possibilities of the application of a metallic covering to non-metal and base materials obtained detailed description from the chairman.
The statutory general meeting of British Metallising Company, Limited, was held at River Plate House, Finsbury circus, E.C. 2, on Monday, July 23rd, under the presidency of Mr Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave, the chairman of the company, who said that after the payment of expenses in connection with the formation and issue of the company and other outgoings, the company’s financial position was healthy, the cash at bankers being £64,025 198 5d. There were no items in the account calling for comment, as the figures were self-explanatory, but generally speaking there was every reason to be satisfied with the financial position of the company. The company was formed to acquire the assets and business of the Precious Metal Industries, Limited, consisting of freehold works at Caterham, Surrey, stock in trade, patents, trade marks, etc., excluding cash and book debts. These assets include the a rights of the invention of Mr Warren—who was under contract to the company—for a process of applying a metallic coating or covering to non-metal and other base materials.
The utility of such an operation needed no argument. Their predecessors, Precious Metal Industries, Limited, clearly established the practical and commercial value of Mr Warren’s various patented processes. The patent rights in Great Britain, United States of America, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, India, Italy, Spain, Holland, and Belgium had been greatly extended by various improvements covering the metallising of various materials, including acetate of cellulose, synthetic resins, celluloid casein, horn and tortoise-shell, which, when granted, should greatly extend the sphere of the company’s future operations. In view of the Christmas trade, they were erecting additional accommodation at Caterham.
Two samples before them showed a new standard of the silversmith’s art in which there had been no such development since the introduction of electro-plating in 1830. There was a large avenue for articles manufactured by the company’s processes in the electrical, motor and building trades, and the opinion of competent technical men was that there were great opportunities for the further development of the business,
A brief discussion followed.
Mr F. Heron Rogers, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.Chem.E., a director, said that they were applying the process to many more articles than were on exhibition—electrical fittings, finger plates, and so which were used in domestic ways and in the building trades,
The Chairman pointed out that the articles brought to the meeting for inspection were of a very varied and comprehensive character, with things suitable for either sex and of a most artistic nature. They included, inter alia, toilet sets, smoking sets, combs, brushes, mirrors, cigar and cigarette holders, fountain pens, and fancy goods of every description, while it was emphasised that for price, quality and general attractiveness the Birmingham, and other manufacturers of such goods, could not possibly compete with the articles produced by their company.
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the above named Company, duly convened, and held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, in the city of London, on the twentieth day of December, 1934, the following Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed: — '' That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this Meeting that the Company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and
accordingly that the Company be wound up voluntarily; and that Norman Edward Munns, F.C.A., of 286, Salisbury House, London Wall, London, B.C., and Stamati Eumorfopoulos, of 375, Croydon Road, Caterham, Surrey, be and they are hereby appointed Joint Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up."
Dated the twentieth day of December, 1934.
S. EUMORFOPOULOS, Chairman.
DIREZIONE GENERALE DELLE ASSOCIAZIONI PROFESSIONALI Ufficio della Proprietà Intellettuale
Elenco n. 4 dei trasferimenti di privative industriali registrati nel 1930-VIII.
N. 10338, trascritto il 7 settembre 1928.
Trasferimento totale da Warren Albert Ivan Gates, a Londra, alla British Metallising Company Limited, a Londra, della privativa industriale n. 266968 reg. gen.; con decorrenza dal 29 febbraio 1928, per l'invenzione dal titolo:
Perfezionamenti ai processi di metallizzazione e di rivestimento di sistanze con metalli.
(Atto di cessione a firma delle parti del 10 luglio 1928, registrato il 25 agosto 1928 all'ufficio demaniale di Roma, n. 4586, vol. 381, atti privati).
Source: Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia - 27th September 1930
MINISTRY OF CORPORATIONS
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Intellectual Property Office
List no. 4 of the transfers of industrial property rights recorded in 1930-VIII.
No. 10338, registered on 7 September 1928.
Total transfer from Warren Albert Ivan Gates, in London, to the British Metallizing Company Limited, in London, of industrial patent no. 266968 reg. gen.; with effect from February 29, 1928, for the invention entitled:
Improvements to the metallization and coating processes of substances with metals.
(Deed of transfer signed by the parties on 10 July 1928, registered on 25 August 1928 at the state property office in Rome, no. 4586, vol. 381, private deeds).
Source: Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia - 27th September 1930
BRITISH METALLISING COMPANY Limited.
(In Voluntary Liquidation.)
The Companies Act, 1929.
Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the above named Company are required, on or before the 16th April 1935, to send their names and addresses, with particulars of their debts or claims, to the undersigned Liquidators, S. Eumorfopoulos and N. E. Munns, care of Downes, Munns & Co., Chartered Accountants, 286, Salisbury House, London Wall, E.C.2; and if so required in writing from the said Liquidators are by themselves or their Solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at such time and place as may be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.—Dated the 28th day of February, 1935.
S. EUMORFOPOULOS,
N. E. MUNNS,
Joint Liquidators.
British Metallising Co. - (Mr. B. Fairfax Conigrave)
We have in this room samples of what we can do, and I think it may fairly be claimed, when you reflect on the beauty of the work you see before, that customers will be willing to pay for and prefer a British metallising article showing, as they do, a new standard of the silversmith's art.
