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Lord Mayor Of Sheffield Visits Thriving DavyMarkham Works   12/01/2009
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Mrs Jane Bird, took time out recently to visit one city manufacturer that is bucking the current economic downturn.She was responding to an invitation from Kevin Parkin, Managing Director of local heavy engineering firm DavyMarkham, to tour the giant works in Prince of Wales Road, which has secured a number of important export orders lately, including a $20million contract for gold mining equipment in North America and others for tunnel boring machine cutterheads, destined for India and China. Full story

DavyMarkham Secures Double 2008 Sheffield Business Awards   01/01/2009
Crowning a commercially successful year, heavy engineering company DavyMarkham has won two major categories in the 2008 Sheffield Business Awards, organised by Sheffield Chamber of Commerce and jointly sponsored by The Environment Agency and BiG: Make It Your Business.Before a capacity audience at Ponds Forge, the awards celebrated the cream of the city's business achievements, with DavyMarkham securing the hotly-contested Halliwells Excellence In International Trade Award, recognising successful development in international markets, and the Wake Smith Manufacturing Award, for demonstrating significant improvements in productivity.The evening was compered by comedian Jon Culshaw, who treated the audience to a selection of his entertaining political impressions. Full story

DavyMarkham unveils finance deal which will secure lucrative contract   06/10/2008
6th November 2008 DavyMarkham has secured a £1.3m finance deal which will help it secure a £10m Canadian contract.The company secured the deal to refinance its capital structure from Barclays Commercial Bank. Full story

DavyMarkham Proudly Displays 'Made In Sheffield' Mark Of Origin   01/09/2008
A laser-engraved stainless steel plaque, displayed at the head office of DavyMarkham, commemorates the firm's membership of the Made In Sheffield mark of origin initiative.It was unveiled jointly by Managing Director, Kevin Parkin, and Made In Sheffield Director, Richard Edwards, and represents the Sheffield engineering company's commitment to a world-renowned symbol of manufacturing quality.The custom-made plaque is apt, since Sheffield is the home of stainless steel, the city is synonymous internationally with metals and metallurgical technology, whilst DavyMarkham itself is competing in global markets with its precision heavy engineering skills that are unmistakeably 'made in Sheffield'. Full story

'Ultimate 50 Year Service' For Valdunes Forging Press In France   20/08/2008
The newly-formed dedicated Reconditioning Service at Sheffield heavy engineering company, DavyMarkham, has overseen the refurbishment and technical upgrading of a Davy 6000 tonne forging press for Valdunes of Dunkerque, one of the world's leading manufacturers of railway wheels and axles.The press was originally supplied by the Sheffield works in 1956 and has since produced literally millions of forged wheels, at a rate of around one wheel every minute, eventually necessitating the most extensive overhaul in its history.Representing perhaps 'the ultimate 50 year service', the DavyMarkham refurbishment package totalled £1/2 million and returned the machine to better than original condition, complete with new columns, bearings and high tech tensioners, delivering very substantial savings over new capital equipment costs and minimising operational downtime. Full story

An Express Service from Giant Forging Press   20/08/2008
A giant forging press is back making the wheels for France's world record breaking TGV trains and doing the job better than ever thanks to Sheffield-based DavyMarkham. Full story

DavyMarkham Shop Stewards Work To Secure Firm's Future   09/08/2008
Amidst all the financial doom and gloom, at least one Sheffield engineering company, DavyMarkham, is upbeat about its future and enjoying the wholehearted support of its union representatives and 180-strong workforce.So much so, that senior members of its Joint Shop Stewards Committee, Chairman Sam Wragg, Deputy Andy Tuohy and Secretary Mick Jay, have declared that union members are keen to work closely with management and address the challenges the company faces in an increasingly global marketplace. Full story

Moving Times For DavyMarkham's Fabrication Department   01/08/2008
Moving house or office can be stressful enough, so imagine how daunting it would be to relocate an entire steel fabrication workshop, complete with heavy presses, bending and welding machines, CNC profile cutters and heat treatment areas - especially when the largest equipment weighs around 200 tonnes, or the equivalent of sixteen London buses!. Full story

Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire Visits DavyMarkham   27/06/2008
The highlight of the Sheffield social calendar is, without doubt, the Cutlers' Feast, which has been held every year since 1682.This year's Feast, hosted by the current Master Cutler, Gordon Bridge, was attended by 375 guests including nobility, dignitaries, leading local and national industrialists, and Freemen of the Cutlers' Company.The principal guest and speaker this year was the Rt Hon William Hague MP, who returned to Sheffield for his second Cutlers' Feast. Full story