The casting shadows of the great depression were hardly prosperous times to start a new business. But two local men with limited capital and a great deal of enthusiasm rented a building in Nelson Street, Hawera in 1929. Advertising themselves as welders and general engineers, K.S.M (Bert) Croucher and John Henry Crowder decided to form a general engineering business. This was the era of the small dairy factories and the newly formed company serviced and maintained much of their equipment. With the local economy improving in the late thirties, additional staffs were employed. Production of an automatic coal stoker, developed … Continue reading History