1960 - S Norton & Co. was Started by George Harry aka Ned, buying small amounts of metal and rags at a yard in Reynolds Place.
1964 - Charlie joined the company shortly follow by John.
1973 - The company had 6 employees and Ned was reaching retirement age, the two sons with their fathers blessing took control and expanded the Company moving to Grafton Street, buying their first crane and stacker truck.
1975 - The company expanded again, moving to the much bigger yard in Flint Street, employing 6 people and buying an Atlas Crane, Stacker Truck and a small Hand Guillotine.
1978 - The 500 tonne Shear was purchased with a staff of 10 people.
1980 - Matt joined the Company after obtaining his Second Engineer’s ticket with Shell and subsequently obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering.
1982 - An additional 800 tonne Shear was purchased with a staff of 15 people.
1983 - The Manchester Yard was purchased and became operational in 1985 with 2,000HP Shredder with a total company staff of 25 people.
1984 - A dock facility was leased at Garston. Shipping to Spanish market began with a company staffing level of 30 people.
1987 - The rail head at Manchester was re-commissioned enabling shipping of processed metal by rail.
1988 - A lease was taken out on West Canada dock enabling deep sea shipping with a 1500 tonne Shear and a staffing level of 35 people.
1991 - Bought the assets of Dalmeijer which gave the company their lease for South 2 Canada Dock and a 3000HP Shredder. Staffing went up to 50 People.
1993 - A Non-Ferrous Processing plant was installed in Manchester.
1999 - A 1,000 tonne Baler was installed at Bankfield.
2000 - Bankfield Site was developed and facilities commissioned in 2002 with a staffing level of 75 people, including on-line Non-Ferrous processing with a 5,000HP Shredder.
2005 - The ISS plant was installed at Manchester with a staffing level of 100 people.
2006 - Staffing level sustained at 100 People. The major business being overseas export.
2007 - Company achieves accreditation to ISO 9001:2000 with the VCA.
