The famous I Cut My Way Brand, was made in Sheffield from the 1830s by the William Rodgers Company.On William’s passing in 1855, it was bought by John Clarke & Son, and then briefly changed hands again before being saved for posterity by Egginton ...
The written stories of Knife and Cutlery Making in Sheffield go back over 700 years (the unwritten stories further still), and we aim to tell you as many as we can when we have the time. But the most important story of all doesn’t include The Canterb ...
Our company was established in 1923 by a man named Thomas Flinn. Sheffield was, in those times (and for many years) a city where the majority of people were employed by something related to the steel industry and it’s by products.My initial link to t ...
Pryor is delighted to win this award for Innovation, which recognises the success of a robotic laser Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) marking system installed on Jaguar Land Rover production lines in 2014, which is now being adopted by automotive ...
The Heart of Steel is a monumental sculpture in Yorkshire with space to engrave 150,000 names. This is part of the wider Steel Man project, a future landmark which will overlook Sheffield. The Heart will eventually be included inside the 32-metre Ste ...
The term “Industry 4.0”, commonly referred to as the “fourth industrial revolution”, describes the incorporation of cutting-edge technology into conventional industrial processes, including robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Big Dat ...
With perfect timing, 1849 came along during a golden age of innovation, industrial expansion and the founding of Edward Pryor and Son: Purveyors of Marking stamps to “Little Mester” workshops, already famous Cutlery Companies and the burgeoning engi ...
Here at Pryor, we have a proud manufacturing history right here in the heart of Sheffield city centre. We’ve been manufacturing an ever-changing range of tools and machines for part marking and traceability for almost 175 years. Originally focused o ...
For the 2020’s at least – Sheffield has a typical UK City Centre: Bourgeoning residential blocks and apartments, boulevards of bars and restaurants, quirky independent shops, and the global brands every city allows. In this case to service 751,000* r ...
From completing his apprenticeship (1843 to 1848) to becoming owner of the business less than a year later, Edward Pryor made his name through the quality of the marks he made – but his real legacy was the generations of apprentices that found their ...