At 09:10 PM 4/18/07 +0100, you wrote: >Then they got tied in to ST, and from then onwards... >I suspect they may have tried to do too much, and taken on more than they >could manage. My recollection is that the stint owning ST was brief and prices during that period skyrocketed, no doubt contributing to the problems, after which the ST operation was sold to the current owners, Jones & Bradburn. After this the boiler business did chug along, with the usual suspect at the helm, apparently successfully (apparently being the key word), until perhaps two years or so ago when the usual suspect announced a retirement due to poor health. It was at that time the forms and tooling of the cheese district company were acquired by others, two former employess if memeory serves, who are now the current proprietors. Sorry to be so vague. Regards, Harry MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.