Flick through 230 years of history of Ormiston Wire

The family-run manufacturing company, and Chamber member, Ormiston Wire, celebrated its 230th anniversary this year.

bunches, cut straight lengths, reels, coils, and with plastic covers. It also supplies superclamps, its micro cable hanging system.

Although technology has moved on, as a long-established company they can usually supply obsolete products if required.

Its customers from engineering to electrical, marine to musical and it supplies wire ropes in tinned copper, copper, stainless steel, bronze, nickel chrome, brass, monel and spring steel.

The wire specialists were based in the City of London before they were bombed out in the Second World War. This plate (left) survived the bombing and was outside their premises on Clerkenwell Road.