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wiredInUSA - June 2013
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EUROPE NEWS
British
company
Ormiston
Wire
celebrates its 220
th
birthday this year.
The company, formed in London in 1793
by Philip Ormiston, is currently under the
stewardship of his descendant, Mark
Ormiston.
Ormiston Wire began trading as a
manufacturer of spring wire for corsets
andwigs,butdiversifiedinthe19
th
Century.
During the 1960s and 1970s Ormiston
provided vital support for some of the
biggest television stars of the decade.
Gerry Anderson’s Thunderbirds puppets
were lifted by Ormiston Wire, and in the
21
st
Century the company has supplied
the wire that made the broomsticks fly
in the popular Harry Potter series.
Other bespoke applications of Ormiston
wires include sculptures fromthe Thomas
Heatherwick Studio, and antenna braid
for the British Antarctic Survey.
Ormiston Wire – flying with
the times
Expocenter fairground - Moscow
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