Baker Perkins Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Baker, Joseph, & Sons Ltd
- Perkins Engineers Ltd
- Perkins, Jacob
- Perkins, A M, & Sons
- APV Baker Ltd
- Werner & Pfleiderer
- Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
- Willesden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Food processing machinery production
Notes:
Established 1920 when Joseph Baker & Sons Ltd acquired Perkins Engineers Ltd to form Baker Perkins Ltd. The latter traced its origins to an American, Jacob Perkins, who started out as an engineer in 1819 in London and whose successors diversified into making baking ovens in London in 1851. By 1870s known as A M Perkins & Sons and incorporated 1889. 1893 reorganisaed as Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins Ltd following merger with the baking machinery makers, Werner & Pfleiderer of London. Relocated to Peterborough in 1903. Joseph Baker was founded in c1878 by Joseph Baker, formerly of Ontario, and made flour sifters at Willesden, London, and son afterwards machinery for making bread, biscuits and confectionery. It emerged as the leading manufacturer of food processing equipment in the UK. Incorporated 1902. Baker Perkins converted to a public company in 1957 and it remained UK leader in manufacturing bread, biscuit and confectionery making machinery. 1989 acquired by APV Plc and operated as APV Baker Ltd. 1988 acquired Tweedy of Burnley, makers of dough mixers. 2006 divested to private investors as Baker Perkins Ltd. Continues
Publications:
- Baker Perkins Group by Unknown
- Baker Perkins. Not just a place to work by Preston, Margaret
- Baker Perkins, World Engineers by Unknown
- Co-partnership Re-examined by Wallace, William
- Growing Our Own Wood. The development of the Baker Perkins apprenticeship scheme by Preston, Dick, & Jim Deboo
- History of Baker Perkins by Muir, Augustus
- Hundred Years of Baker Perkins at Westwood Works, 1903-2003 by Unknown
- Memories of the Baker Perkins' Sports-Social Club by Farrow, Jim
- Souvenir of the Baker Perkins' Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition by Unknown
- Synopsis of the History of Baker Perkins and the Company's Activities during the Period, 1939-1945 by Baker, A I
- Wartime at Baker Perkins, Westwood Works, Peterborough by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Baker, Joseph, & Sons Ltd
- Perkins Engineers Ltd
- Perkins, Jacob
- Perkins, A M, & Sons
- APV Baker Ltd
- Werner & Pfleiderer
- Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Peterborough, City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, East of England, England
- Willesden, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Food processing machinery production
Notes:
Established 1920 when Joseph Baker & Sons Ltd acquired Perkins Engineers Ltd to form Baker Perkins Ltd. The latter traced its origins to an American, Jacob Perkins, who started out as an engineer in 1819 in London and whose successors diversified into making baking ovens in London in 1851. By 1870s known as A M Perkins & Sons and incorporated 1889. 1893 reorganisaed as Werner, Pfleiderer & Perkins Ltd following merger with the baking machinery makers, Werner & Pfleiderer of London. Relocated to Peterborough in 1903. Joseph Baker was founded in c1878 by Joseph Baker, formerly of Ontario, and made flour sifters at Willesden, London, and son afterwards machinery for making bread, biscuits and confectionery. It emerged as the leading manufacturer of food processing equipment in the UK. Incorporated 1902. Baker Perkins converted to a public company in 1957 and it remained UK leader in manufacturing bread, biscuit and confectionery making machinery. 1989 acquired by APV Plc and operated as APV Baker Ltd. 1988 acquired Tweedy of Burnley, makers of dough mixers. 2006 divested to private investors as Baker Perkins Ltd. ContinuesPublications:
- Baker Perkins Group by Unknown
- Baker Perkins. Not just a place to work by Preston, Margaret
- Baker Perkins, World Engineers by Unknown
- Co-partnership Re-examined by Wallace, William
- Growing Our Own Wood. The development of the Baker Perkins apprenticeship scheme by Preston, Dick, & Jim Deboo
- History of Baker Perkins by Muir, Augustus
- Hundred Years of Baker Perkins at Westwood Works, 1903-2003 by Unknown
- Memories of the Baker Perkins' Sports-Social Club by Farrow, Jim
- Souvenir of the Baker Perkins' Exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition by Unknown
- Synopsis of the History of Baker Perkins and the Company's Activities during the Period, 1939-1945 by Baker, A I
- Wartime at Baker Perkins, Westwood Works, Peterborough by Unknown