The Smith Anderson story : 1859 - 2019 five generations of a fife family firm
Verden-Anderson, David2019
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The story of Smith Anderson is a remarkable tale of enterprise and innovation that dates back to 1859. In that year two Fife entrepreneurs William Tullis and James Thrift Smith brought in Charles Anderson, a young lawyer with business acumen and a flair for invention, to manage their new paper-making firm in Leslie. Anderson's inspired development of the Fettykil Mill on the River Leven, which he ultimately came to own, not only made Smith Anderson one of the first manufacturing companies to use electricity as a source of power but also led to the creation of a purpose built bag factory incorporating automated bag making machines designed by Anderson himself.In concluding this account of a Fife family firm dedicated to continuous investment in people and technology, David Verden-Anderson and David Munro explore the challenges faced by the company as it entered the 21st century, describing how the surviving packaging arm of Smith Anderson led to an extraordinary turn around that saw it, within a decade, become the UK's biggest manufacturer of paper bags with an output of 60 million bags each week at its new location in Rosslyn Commerce Park in Kirkcaldy.
Main title:
The Smith Anderson story : 1859 - 2019 five generations of a fife family firm / David Verden-Anderson, David Munro
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Imprint:
Kirkcaldy : Smith Anderson Group Ltd, 2019
Collation:
174 pages : illus, B&W and Colour photos ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526208002
Dewey class:
676
Language:
English
Subject:
Anderson, Charles 1833-1907Anderson family -- Scotland -- NewburghVerden-Anderson, William 1866-1941Anderson, George 1856-1942Verden-Anderson, Eric 1899-1982Paper industry -- Scotland -- Fife -- HistoryFettykill Mill -- Scotland -- Fife -- HistoryLevenbank mill -- Scotland -- Fife -- HistoryAuchmuty mill -- Scotland -- Fife -- HistoryRothes mill -- Scotland -- Fife -- HistoryLeslie Observer CorpsRiver Leven TrustSt. John's Works (Falkland, Scotland) -- HistoryGuardbridge Paper Mill -- Scotland -- FifePaper products industry -- Scotland -- FifePaper industry -- Scotland -- LesliePaper industry -- Scotland -- KirkcaldyWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Scotland -- LeslieLeven, River (Fife, Scotland)Leven, Loch (Kinross, Scotland)Leslie (Scotland) -- HistoryNewburgh (Scotland) -- HistoryLomond hills (Scotland) -- Reservoirs
BRN:
4053245
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