Henry Simon Milling

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Henry Simon Milling is a partnership between Alapala and Satake. The pre-launch meeting was held between April 23 and 25, 2017, in Alapala’s headquarters in Çorum, Turkey.. The new Henry Simon milling machines were introduced at the 121st Annual IAOM Conference & Expo, which held between April 10 and 14, 2017

Japan’s first power driven rice milling machine inventor Satake and 60 yearlong global grain milling technology provider Alapala had signed a strategic partnership agreement in 2015. Both companies had combined their production, R&D, sales, marketing, and after-sales forces in the scope of this agreement.

History

Henry Simon Milling company was founded originally in England by the German engineer Henry Gustav Simon in 1878. More than 400 Henry Simon branded mills were established all over the world, with innovations such as the first double roller mill and the first PLC automation system.

• 1860 Gustav Heinrich Victor Amandus Simon (known as Henry Simon) came to Britain in 1860.
• 1867 He had set himself up as a consulting engineer and worked through the industry for better and efficient ways of milling, and just over ten years later, he became the founder and the thought leader of the gradual roller milling process.
• 1878 The beginnings of Henry Simon Milling can be dated to the 1878 installations for the McDougall Brothers in Manchester. This installation was the first ‘complete roller mill facility integrating the gradual reduction system, as opposed to just installing rollers in place of stones (Acklin).
• 1882 The latter installations were made possible through a partnership between Henry Simon and Gustav Daverio. Daverio’s machinery was employed ‘almost exclusively’ by Simon during his early years and was installed into the mills Simon designed, an arrangement that benefited both men.
• 1883 Simon advertised his own two-roller mill, three-roller mill, and four-roller mill, which were then installed into mills throughout Britain. Since Simon lacked the facilities, he sought out a credible partner to realize his designs.
• 1885 A partnership has been formed with Adolf Bühler in Uzwil, Switzerland, for the production of the machinery following Simon’s designs. This partnership with Bühler helped Simon establish a business overseas, particularly on mainland Europe and overseas.
• 1892 Simon, Bühler & Baumann was established when a new plant was opened in Frankfurt. This firm was very successful and was ‘one of the three or four leading milling engineering firms in Germany until its confiscation during the First World War’. By the time, Simon had already installed over 400 mills worldwide.
• 1893 James Radford, who had been working as an agent for Simon machinery and was responsible for many installations, established a new branch in Sydney in order to fulfill demand: Henry Simon (Australia) Ltd. has been formed.
• 1897 By the end of the 19th century, Henry Simon Ltd. was flourishing, then later became a private company: Henry Simon Ltd.
• 1899 The start of the new century came with a new challenge to the company as no founder to lead them, as Henry Simon died in July 1899. Leadership of the company then passed to Joseph Ingleby, Simon’s ‘chief help’ who became chairman, and George Huxley, the head of the drawing office who became managing director.
• 1902 Its first factory was opened at the Eagle Iron Works, Stalybridge, but the arrangement with the newly formed Bühler Bros. still existed and they still manufactured Simon machinery.
• 1904 Henry Simon Ltd. was ‘unprecedently busy’ with twenty complete roller plants in the course of erection, along with other alterations and improvements.
• 1911 Four milling appliances have been launched in Royal Agricultural Show. Moreover, issued first ever catalogue on 'Modern Flour Mill Machinery' including various types of elevators, silos, and grain-handling plant.
• 1915 Henry Simon acquired the milling engineering business and factory of Briddon and Fowler in Bredbury, Cheshire.
• 1926 These factories, and the office in Mount Street, Manchester, were brought together on site at Cheadle Heath, Cheshire. They have been recently built for the purpose of producing flour and rice-milling machinery, conveying and elevating appliances.
• 1930 Given that many flour millers were also provender millers, Henry Simon Ltd. decided to supply this machinery as well and were the only firm capable of‘designing, equipping, and starting up a complete provender plant.
• 1933 The company acquired Turbine Gears.
• 1937 Henry Simon Ltd. expanded continuously for over a century, dedicating a high percentage of its production to the export of cereal milling machinery. Consequently, its plant and equipment can be found in most countries.
• 1940 - 1950 The company enjoyed success during the late 1940s and early 1950s. The rest of the 20th century was marked by the number of mergers and acquisitions that took place involving Henry Simon Ltd.
• 1960 The 2 parent companies of Simon Engineering Group, namely Henry Simon (Holdings) Ltd. and Simon-Carves Ltd., merged to form Simon Engineering Ltd.
• 1988 The two great British companies in cereal milling industry, Henry Simon Ltd. and Thomas Robinson and Son Ltd. merged in October 1988 to become Robinson Milling Systems Ltd.
• 1991 The business was acquired by the Satake Corporation, to form Satake Robinson UK Ltd., later known as Satake UK Ltd.
• 1998 The UK Division was formed and the business was moved, together with ESM (UK), to newly acquired premises in Bredbury. The move, coincidentally, brought the British company back to where it manufactured flour milling machinery previously.
• 2015 The strategic partnership between Satake Corporation (Japan) and Alapala Machine Industry & Trade Inc. (Turkey) for Henry Simon brand formed. With this partnership, the mutual global business in the grain milling industry is combined, R&D studies are strengthened, manufacturing facilities are globalized, and sales and after-sales operations are expanded worldwide. Thus, Henry Simon milling technologies is back.
• 2018 Henry Simon brand, which was re-launched by Satake and Alapala, announced its partnership with the Industrial Design Division of Italdesign, for all its machine range. Italdesign Industrial design division was awarded the Good Design Award 2018 for its rollermill designed for Henry Simon, the milling industry’s pioneer brand.
• 2018 Satake Australia Pty. Ltd, a subsidiary of Satake Corporation, Japan, are to announce that they have reached an agreement in principle with Laucke Flour Mills Pty Ltd (Laucke) for a significant remodel and upgrade of Laucke’s facilities at Bridgewater on Loddon, Victoria. Satake Australia Pty. Ltd will engineer, supply, and install Henry Simon roller mills, plan sifters, purifiers, and other machinery made by Henry Simon.

External Links

• Corporate website
• Alapala industrial group page

References

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