Benson-Sedgwick Engineering Ltd

1930

Business founded in Beehive Lane, Ilford by Albert Benson Senior to provide general engineering services to local industries together with jig & tool making.

1939 - 45

Difficult war years. Major damage to workshop by V1 flying bomb in 1944. Our war effort included design of  tooling for manufacturers of aircraft compass parts.

1947 - 57

Post war housing demand necessitated a move to new factory in Chadwell Heath . Gradual expansion of workshop and capacity.

1958 - 65

Broadening of customer base justified factory extension. Fabrication and welding facilities increased. Major machine building projects carried through successfully.

1965 - 85

Manufacture of pressure vessels began. As confidence in our procedures increased major orders for plant in many industries at home and overseas were won.

1972

Take over of Sedgwick manufacturers of plate folding machines and ring rollers. This gave us a product line and more than doubled our production capacity.

1973 - 78

Deep involvement in the supply of cast steel pulverised fuel pipe work for existing and new power stations.

1984 

New premises acquired in Dagenham enabling management of our two companies to form Benson-Sedgwick Engineering combined facilities much improved in all areas with better management control.

1990 - Present 

All areas of production continue with sculptural metalwork becoming more important.

Our main assets continue to be our staff, their skills and our flexibilty.