The Classic Machinery Network

Below, is a press cutting from 1978 of the then new Hymac DEMAG H111 at Anglers OCCS site near Wakefield, West Yorkshire operated by Fairclough Parkinson, and an accompanying advert from Hymac for the then new Hymac-DEMAG partnership.

More Hy-mac/Hymac items of interest.

Did they ' engineer Wolverhamptons future'.

I worked on a construction site in Wolverhampton centre in 1988 tbh it was pretty grim at that time .

XS650 wrote:Did they ' engineer Wolverhamptons future'.

I worked on a construction site in Wolverhampton centre in 1988 tbh it was pretty grim at that time .

They owned quite a few different industries around the country including NEI Thompson Tankers which used to be at Moxley just down the road from Wolverhampton, sadly that is now a housing estate (surprise surprise)

Jeremy

An early 1960s photograph of a Hy-mac 480 plus extracts from the Board of Trade Journal with a few snippets on Hymac exports.

Below is an advert from 1955 for Rhymney Engineering Company Limited aka 'RENCO', the engineering business established in 1946 owned jointly by Powell Duffryn and International Combustion, until Powell Duffryn acquired full ownership in 1966. The business originally specialised in mining related products.
Rhymney Engineering undertook production of Hymac products, evolving into Hymac Limited owned by Powell Duffryn.
See also: https://gracesguide.co.uk/Rhymney_Engineering_Co
An historical image of the Rhymney Engineering works can be seem here:https://museum.wales/collections/online/object/99e91996-60e6-3129-82f1-e43be9795abf/Photograph-print/?field0=with_images&value0=on&field1=string&value1=art&page=216

Spotted in NI

The British Geological Survey (BGS) have an online photo archive called GeoScenic.
Photograph P210162 shows a Hy-mac 480 parked up on site and can be accessed via the below link:
http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewAsset?id=18742&index=18&total=45&view=viewSearchItem