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 ...
Marking The Heart Of Steel
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 ...
Marking Memories – Interview
Pryor were recently contacted by a lady called Hazel Hedley, who had inherited her father’s original steel type set and she was anxious to donate it back to Pryor, so it could be appreciated and valued as she believed her father would have wanted.Joh ...
Custom Marking For Jewellery Manufacturers
A lot of the work that we do at Pryor involves supporting large manufacturing companies on their marking and traceability applications. This normally means that we are a few steps back from working with customers who are producing a finished product. ...
From Sheffield To The World
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 ...
Proud To Be Pryor
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 ...
Pryor And The South Rural Task Force
Pryor have recently supplied 3 new PortaDot 60-30’s to the South Rural Task Force. The taskforce covers the rural areas of Preston, Chorley, South Ribble and West Lancashire. Since being established in 2021, they have achieved a long list of successe ...
Pryor And The Apprentice
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 ...
Tailor And Cutter Magazine
The “Tailor and Cutter” magazine was a renowned publication in the realm of tailoring and fashion during its tenure. Originally founded in the late 19th century, this tiny yet mighty magazine was a goldmine of tailoring tips and tricks for tailors, ...
Whiteley’s and the Crystal Palace
Over the years, I have discovered that William Whiteley’s actively engaged with or had connections to Royalty and Chatsworth. In 1879, we acquired Thomas Wilkinson, who crafted scissors for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, earning Wilkinson the Roya ...









