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Letter from Ransome & Marles Bearing Co., Ltd. regarding production capacity and order fulfillment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\2\ scan0271 | |
| Date | 24th March 1937 | |
| Cy. to note, London Office: 17, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, S. W. I. Telephone: ABBEY 3875 (2 LINES) Telegrams: OFFISLUNDA, SOWEST, LONDON Contractors to H.M. Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Colonial Offices &c. RANSOME & MARLES BEARING Co., LTD., MANUFACTURERS OF BALL & ROLLER BEARINGS NEWARK ON TRENT. Branch Offices: LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, MANCHESTER, LEEDS, NOTTINGHAM AND- Branch Offices: SHEFFIELD, BRISTOL, GLASGOW, NEWCASTLE, DUBLIN, BELFAST. Telegraphic Address: "BEARINGS, NEWARK" Telegraphic Code: BENTLEY'S Telephone Nos: NEWARK 456-457-458-459 F.O. Hickling Our Ref. Your Ref. Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer} 21/AP. Messrs Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. 24th March, 1937. Dear Sirs, With reference to the interview between your Mr. Grylls and Mr. Hardy, and the writer, we have now looked closely into this whole matter as promised, and have considered the position in the light of the information given by Mr. Grylls as to the effect of our previous decision upon your organization. As explained; the writer was not aware that we had accepted orders for as many or these parts as we have in hand as they apparently had gone through the routine channels in small numbers and thereby escaped notice. On investigation, however, it is obvious that these are so much out of our usual production run that they occupy far more of our capacity than we can possibly afford in our present situation, and we regret very much indeed that we have allowed the matter to go so far without drawing your attention to it. This has been due very largely to our desire to afford you as much technical advice and assistance as is within our power, but as we explained we have had to tell quite a number of important manufacturers that while we shall be glad to give technical advice we are, at the moment, so fully occupied that we are unable to give them production capacity. We regret exceedingly that a firm such as yourselves should have approached us when our circumstances were so difficult, but we feel sure that you will agree that we are bound to support to the utmost of our ability those firms who have given us all their work in the past and who are now so heavily involved in the armaments programme and so dependent PTO. | ||