Company history
Chapmans have been continuously manufacturing agricultural wear parts under the same family ownership for 40 years, but it has a history dating back much further than that. Before agricultural wear parts were being produced at Club Mill Road, the company was famous for the manufacture of leaf springs in the automotive industry as far back as 1925. Below is a timeline of key company milestones:
2022
New laser
ordered
2021
Production data retrieval
software system installed
2020
New induction heater for 350
tonne forging process
2014
Installation of second laser
cutter
2015
Completion of new factory
for counter-blow full forging
hammer
2018
2nd wire erosion machine
installed
2012
Company headcount
exceeds 100 for first time
2011
Development of in-house
CNC machining
2008
Mitutoyo scanning arm
installed
2001
Development of Armatec
long life coating
2003
Company headcount
exceeds 50 for first time
2007
Installation of new laser
cutter
1999
Turnover exceeds £1,00,000
for first time
1989
Wear part manufacture
consolidated at Club Mill
Road
1952
Leaf springs first
manufactured at Club Mill
Road
1850
Bessemer system for
producing steel invented just
a few miles from Chapmans
1913
Harry Brearley discovers
stainless steel in Sheffield
1945
Lady Riverdale laid the
foundation stone for
new factory
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