From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The economic advantages of manufacturing mouldings and the difficulty in sourcing suppliers for insulating parts in England.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 39\3\ Scan071 | |
| Date | 4th May 1921 | |
| R.R. 250A (100 T) (S) H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 768. 10-12-20) G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2047 Contd. -2- R8/G4.5.21. compared with purchasing. Apparently the great advantage that we might obtain would be that these mouldings and their expensive moulds were made in the same factory for both the English and American companies. In this case we should be making much more extensive use of the moulds, and therefore effecting a real economy. In conclusion, you may be sure that we should not have troubled you or ourselves in this matter if we had been able to find anyone in England to make these insulating pieces for us, but up to the moment we have not found anyone doing this work for the trade, but we have lately found a few electrical firms who do this work for their own productions. R.{Sir Henry Royce} | ||