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History in the making...
Newmont Engineering was founded in the 1950s by Charles Newson at the Nodis Works in Ealing, West London; a site the company occupies to this day.
The location in Julien Road is interesting in itself, having been a depot for the haulage company, Carter Paterson & Co. Ltd. during the late 19th century.
During the first half of the 20th Century it was the home of the Nodis Rapid Caster from which the site gets its name.
During the sixties, Newmont started to concentrate on precision components, such as gears then, in the seventies, won a prestigious contract to make the stabilisation platform for the Exocet missile. This project has led to the substantial turnover we enjoy in the Civil Aviation sector today.
Newmont Engineering is still independently owned by the Newson family and challenging precision work continues to be what we do best.
Charles Newson was a senior NCO during the Second World War and ran the premier research and development workshops for weapons development at that time.
He was a founder member of the REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) and some of his work can be viewed at the REME’s Arborfield Museum.
Charles Newson
Nodis Rapid Caster
In the first half of the twentieth century the site was used to make the Nodis Rapid Caster, a machine for casting metal type for the printing industry.
Shown here is an advertisement from the November 1944 edition of The British Printer.
An early trade customer (of Carter, Paterson) was the Civil Service Supply Association, which was formed in 1864 in Queen Victoria Street. Delivering to their customers gave CP a reason for its vans to be traversing many a residential area and it was not unknown for CP and LPD* drivers to be fighting in the street for the privilege of answering a window card and claiming the 1d commission. (Persons requiring a carrier to call to collect a parcel exhibited a card in their window.)
From the Carter, Paterson story by W Seymour
*LPD (London Parcels Delivert Co.) were rivals of Carter, Paterson
Carter, Paterson & Co. Ltd.
