Holman Bros Ltd

Holman Bros Ltd

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Holman Brothers Ltd.
company_
slogan =
fate = merged with Broom and Wade
successor = CompAir
foundation = 1801
founder = John Holman
defunct = 1968
location = Camborne, Cornwall,UK
industry = Engineering and Manafacturing
key_people =
products = rock drills & air compressors
num_employees = 2,000
parent =
subsid = Climax mining Equipment

Holman Brothers Ltd. was a mining equipment manafacture founded in 1801 based in Camborne, Cornwall, UK.

Holman was Camborne's, and indeed Cornwall's largest manufacturer of industrial equipment. Holman played a part in World War II making the famous Sten submachine gun. It also produced The Holman Projector for the Royal Navy. At its height Holmans was spread over three sites within Camborne, employing some three and half thousand men.


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