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PRATLEY MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING CO (PTY) LTD
Engineering in Cape Town

www.pratley.com
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57 Coronation Rd. Maitland. Cape Town. Western Cape. 7405
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After the death of his father, he used a small inheritance to study at Rugby College of Technology and Arts in England. When war was declared in 1939 he intended to join the British Army, but as he was employed by the British Thomson Houston Company of Whittle Jet Engine fame, an essential industry as far as the war effort was concerned, this company would not release him. Donald Cock joined Pratley shortly after Sam, as the first journeyman. He had worked with Monty on the gold mines and remained with Pratley for 42 years. The bedrooms, with one window overlooking the workshop, were used as offices. The workshop was developed from very humble beginnings and consisted of a small lathe, a very small milling machine, a reasonably sized shaping machine, two drilling machines and a medium sized saw. It was not long before Monty created a good name for himself by turning out quality products. Being a perfectionist and an innovative genius, Monty never reproduced any item without redesigning or improving it. Spare parts were made for all the local stone crushing plants and for many other industrial concerns. The reconditioning of water pumps for the mines became a difficult but lucrative business, and was probably responsible for the greater part of the early success of the company. Soon, the larger workshops were filled with new equipment, which was made possible by the steadily increasing success of the business. This development was made possible due to one of the other products being manufactured at the time: a remote-controlled blasting unit which threatened the existence of the delay fuse industry. The patent for the blasting unit was purchased by a company wanting to protect its interest, it was withdrawn from the market and the proceeds from the sale not only allowed Monty to repay his mother's loan, but to mass-produce his patented adjustable cable glands. Monty's mother, Olive, played an important role in the company by looking after accounts and his wife, Marguerite, excelled herself while handling the administration and the processing of the many patents involved. Pratley Putty was the first of its type in the world and had the distinction of being used on one of the American space modules to land on the moon. Pratley Putty was also used in a repair of the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the San Francisco Bay, and in South Africa the holes in two sunken ships were repaired with the adhesive, which sets under water. This was necessary because Monty had been prospecting for perlite in Zululand for many years, and hundreds of holes were drilled using Pratley equipment. Beautifully equipped laboratories ensured that the highest degree of technology in the adhesive field was not only maintained, but in many respects enhanced, by a few world firsts such as Pratley Putty and Pratley Wondafix. Drawing and design work was being done in the drawing office, which also served the well equipped tool room and production shops. By the beginning of the 1990's, this second-generation family business was more of a success than ever before. This product was eventually taken off the market, because it simply worked to fast for most people to handle! In 2005, Kim Pratley's son Andrew joined the company after completing a degree in Information Technology. After completing a mechanical engineering degree in 2009 his youngest son, Charles also joined. Many of the group's achievements, are due in no small part to the efforts of the company's founder, Mr. G.M.
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