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Peter Frank Whitelegg, a founder
member of the International Wire and
Machinery Association, has died at
the age of 91. He is survived by his
wife Margaret, daughters Sally and
Diana, and three grandchildren.
Mr Whitelegg was born in Clapham
Common, London, in 1922. The family
and the business moved to Sutton
in Surrey where he was educated at
Sutton Grammar School. He joined the
family business but joined the Army
after the Second World War broke
out.
After serving in the tank corps in
North Africa and Sicily, he was injured
in Italy during the Monte Casino
campaign and was invalided back to
England. After the war he joined the
family business and helped his father
develop the business from purely an
import agency into manufacturing and
exporting.
The principal companies represented
by Frank Whitelegg before the war
were Wafios Maschinenfabrik and
Emil Jaeger. When the situation in
Germany had stabilised, the agency
for Jaeger was continued and very
close ties between the two families
developed. The Jaeger family and
many of their employees managed
to escape from Neustadt/Orla in East
Germany and rebuild in the West
at Muenster/Westfalen. Whitelegg
continued to represent Jaeger for
over 50 years.
Under Peter’s guidance, the
Whitelegg company expanded
to include a number of agencies
for spring coiling and grinding
equipment, and in-house production
of wire bending machines and
coil winding machines which were
exported to over 130 countries
worldwide.
He supported the Boy Scout
movement throughout his life and
when he retired in 1987, became
deeply involved in the Night Shelter
charity.
Peter sold the business to his
employee of 40 years, and later
director, Colin Dawson who is
currently president of the IWMA. The
Whitelegg company is one of the few
companies in the wire machinery
business which has exhibited at
every European wire exhibition
since the very first exhibition of wire
machinery in 1967 at Olympia in
London, and indeed the first spring
machinery exhibitions in Manchester
prior to this.
Whitelegg – UK
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Death of Peter Frank Whitelegg
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Mathiasen Machinery Inc has been
awarded an exclusive contract to
sell a 2009 Redex 5-stand rolling
mill and two Compact RESY filtration
systems.
The equipment was built in 2009, but
was never installed. It is still in its
original shipping crates.
“This is a great opportunity for
a manufacturer to save time
and money to add production
capabilities.
“This high quality equipment is ready
to ship now,” said Mike Mathiasen,
co-owner of Mathiasen Machinery
Inc.
The rolling mill is rated to produce a
cross sectional area of 2 to 125mm2
with a yearly capacity of 15,000 metric
tons.
Mathiasen Machinery Inc – USA
Equipment never installed on the market
Ajex & Turner has remained dedicated
to serving the wire and cable industry
with its wide product range of dies
and other tooling.
Adapting the latest methods and
its continuous efforts toward
technological development and
expertise has led to Ajex & Turner
remaining strong in a fiercely
competitive era.
The company has gained expertise
in making extrusion toolings for all
the international brands and adopts
the latest shrink fitting technology
without any joints. The New
Delhi-based company is equipped
with the latest quality control
systems and automatic machines to
offer high efficiency products. Ajex
also offers the correct geometry of
dies, manufactured by Conoptica
of Norway with the highest die
checking profiler.
Ajex & Turner Wire Dies Co – India
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Remaining dedicated
S S The NG-1 from Ajex & Turner for grinding
hardened steel pins
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