Parkers (Ancoats) Ltd

Sectors:

  • Wood, straw, etc, products manufacture Other wood products manufacture
  • Distribution - wholesaling, broking, market trading, etc Timber & timber products distribution inc timber merchants

Notes:

Traced origins to Frederick Parker who started in business in 1862 as a cabinet maker at Ancoats, Manchester. Especially involved in chairmaking and turnery. 1890s diversified into importing timber including plywood which the firm manufactured in their own mills in Latvia. Incorporated 1936. Developed storage yards at Trafford Park. Converted to a public company in 1954 as Parkers (Ancoats) Ltd when importers and manufacturers of mouldings, turnings, plywood, etc

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