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1916 Company founded in Berkhamsted 1934 Ben Greene entered Kepston (cousin of author Graham Greene) 1948 Heat Treatment company established at Milnathort, Kinross-shire 1950's Ben Greene developed the Kepston Hydrogen Furnace 1964 Samuel Alper OBE entered Kepston 1970 George Millage entered Kepston as Managing Director 1973 Kepston was founded to manufacture Magnetic Screens 1976 A Heat Treatment plant was acquired at Whitburn, West Lothian 1977 A third Heat Treatment & Brazing site was established at Aldridge, West Midlands 1984 Kepston was transferred from Milnathort to Aldridge as was head office, Milnathort site was closed 1986 A Heat Treatment & Brazing company was acquired at Wednesbury, West Midlands 1987 The group achieved BS 5750 Accreditation - Upgraded to ISO 9002 in 1994 1990 The acquisition of Telcon special products was completed 1991 75th Anniversary - George Millage became Chairman, Brent Millage became Managing Director 1993+4 Company of the Year awards won two years running 1994 Phoenix Brazing acquired and added to the Wednesbury facilities 1994 CB Tools acquired and added to the Kepston facilities at Aldridge 1994 Kepston starts long term relationship with a local primary school 1995 First Heat Treatment company to gain the Investors in People accreditation 1997 Stainless Steel Brazing facilities added to the Wednesbury site 1998 Roy Brooks - Jig Grinding KTD acquired and transferred to Aldridge 1998 Reassessed for Investors in People 1999 Mahler Hump Back furnace added (Annealing & Brazing of ST/ST) 1999 ISO 9002 accreditation for jig grinding 2000 Additional Nitriding capacity added 2000 Change of name, back to Kepston Ltd 2000 60% Increase in Press capacity 2001 Restructure of Midlands Plants 2001 2nd new Mahler furnace added 2001 Launch of new 3yr Business plan 2001 Launch of Flame brazing section (Aluminium) 2001 1st CNC Jig grinder purchased 2002 3rd new mahler furnace installed 2002 1st contract signed in Czech Republic 2003 New Hauser jig grinder installed 2003 ISO 9001:2000 upgrade for the UK sites 2003 1st plant installed in Czech Republic 2003 Tuftride Q plant ordered (will be the largest in sub contract H/T in UK) 2004 UK sites approved to ISO 14001 2004 Introduction of new software to help monitor all areas of the business to assist with TS16949 implementation. 2004 Move to new site in Czech Republic 2005 All UK sites approved to ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Standard 2005 New Kellenberger Kel-Viva CNC Universal Grinder installed 2006 All UK sites upgraded to ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Standard
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