Eadie Bros & Co Ltd was the name of the family firm founded by Peter Eadie and his brothers, James and Robert, in 1871. It produced engineered consumable components for the textile (spinning) industry, and survived more than 100 years before being sold to an overseas competitor who changed its name. I decided to revive the name for old time’s sake in 2017, and use the original sign from outside the factory in Paisley on my own new Workshop/Office in Selkirk.
The Original Eadie Bros & Co Ltd employed around 600 people in Paisley when I was there in the 1970’s, but as the Textile Industry left the UK, employee numbers dwindled. It remains today in another form to serve the remaining industry. Now known as Eadie & Kanai and part of the Japanese manufacturer Kanai Juyo Kogyo Co Ltd it is still in Paisley.
The Engineering skills employed in our original manufacturing plant could not have been more diverse, from Precision Toolroom to Forging, Heat Treatment to Metal Finishing and Plating, Wire Forming to CNC Milling and Multi Spindle Lathes, Metallurgical Laboratories to Drawing Office. It was a fantastic grounding for me and so many young Engineers in those days.
This Eadie Bros & Co Ltd has very little to do with the textile Industry, although we did start by injection moulding bobbin end-caps for some Mills. It does encompasses many of the skills learned then, which we apply to two or three industries and activities. We are still in search of the next bigger scale project, despite advancing age, and enjoy the research and development work involved in that search. If you read our blog, you will discover more about that work.