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Manufacturers of board and paper making machinery, of Alsing Road, Tinsley, Sheffield.

1933 Private company formed by an American, William Hulse Millspaugh, to construct paper-making equipment and heavy centrifugal castings in both steel and bronze. He leased buildings atHadfields' East Hecla Works, where he equipped a machine and erecting shop for the manufacture of suction rolls and other paper-making machinery specialities. He also equipped a foundry on the site for the manufacture of heavy centrifugal castings, in both bronze and steel. Hadfields sold him the liquid steel as required; the non-ferrous metals, such as phosphor bronze, bronze, manganese bronze, gun metal, etc., were melted in his own furnaces.

1946 The company was sold toHadfields.

1951 Company made public as a result of nationalization of Hadfields.

1955 Hadfields bid to acquire the company again^[1] followed by bids fromWalmsleys and from a director^[2]; Hadfields was eventually successful and would work with Walmsleys (for whom Millspaugh was an important supplier) on areas of common interest^[3].

1961 Manufacturers of board and paper making machinery. Preparation plant, centrifugal castings and welded fabrication. 2,000 employees.^[4]

1974 'Millspaugh Ltd of Sheffield a company concerned with the manufacture and installation of paper making and metal forming machinery.'^[5]

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