tool manufacturers founded 1830 founder john spear and sam jackson headquarters atlas way atlas north ellesmere sheffield s4 7qq area served world products gardening and hand tools parent snh global website http www.spear and jackson.com spear & jackson are a gardening and hand tool supplier headquartered in sheffield south yorkshire . contents 1 history 1.1 formation 1.2 eclipse 1.3 ownership 1.4 tools 2 structure 3 market 4 references 5 external links history edit formation edit in 1760 alexander spear and john love formed a company in sheffield called spear & love . in 1814 john spear the nephew of alexander took on an apprentice called sam jackson . in 1830 the partnership spear & jackson was formed . eclipse edit in 1889 james neill patented composite steel steel backed iron . he registered his composite steel products under the eclipse trademark in 1909 . the name was taken from the famous racehorse eclipse who even though he had died over a hundred years earlier was still famous for his dominating success . the phrase eclipse first and the rest nowhere was still in such common use that neill adopted it as a marketing slogan for his products . eclipse made the world s first composite steel hacksaw blade in 1911 . the company began manufacturing hacksaws in 1924 . all hacksaws are now built according to their design . ownership edit the spear & jackson brand is owned by snh global purchased from hong kong based united pacific industries limited in 2014 . initially bought by neill tools in 1985 when known as spear & jackson international plc. james neill tools previously a family owned business initially made a public issue of shares in 1970 . in 1989 the business centenary year neill tools was acquired by the mmg patricof group which said it wanted to expand the business and refloat in c. 5 years . in 1995 neill tools renamed itself spear & jackson plc. its headquarters have always been in sheffield . tools edit the company made handsaws from the beginning 1760 ; in 1833 henry disston a toolmaker emigrated to the united states and in 1840 started manufacturing saws . the disston skew back saw was introduced in 1874 and spear and jackson also introduced a skew back design in the late 19th century with one example being their 1887 jubilee saw . structure edit the company is the trading name of neill tools ltd and is owned by snh global . market edit it has activities in 115 countries . references edit external links edit history of spear & jackson v t e companies and former companies based in sheffield england or with a significant presence modern manufacturing and distribution companies ancon clark wilson benesch berkart henry boot bramah engineering catterly laser cutting co. corus group davey markham jf finnigans firth rixson fletchers bakery sheffield forgemasters company m j gleeson group plc hendersons sheffield ltd kelham island brewery land pyrometers arnold laver northern foods outokumpu formerly avesta polarit t o bsc stainlesst o rom reinforcement ronseal paints sig plc tinsley bridge wincro metals modern retail and service industry atkinsons stores hsbc irwin mitchell john lewis plusnet powerminster sheffield hallam university tuffnells parcel express university of sheffield williams fastners wandisco zoo digital traditional heavy industry steel and engineering boc t o british steel corporation p brown bayley steels newton chambers & company nck rapier cammell t o coopers fastners chesterfield cylinders cravens daniel doncasters ltd davey mckeet o davey lowevyt o trafalgar house engineering t o edgar allen & company t o english steel corporationn firth brown steelsn firth vickers laycockst o samuel sheffield forgemasters thomas ward tinsley wire industries ltd twil t o sanderson kayser cutlers silversmiths surgical instruments arthur price b.braun downs surgicalt o richard carr silversmiths james dixon & co. durham duplex harrison bros & howson hutton mappin and webb t o martin hall needham veall & tyzack joseph rodgers swann morton surmanco skidmore taylors eye witness ltd thornton impants vinerst o walker & hallt o thomas wostenholm tool manufacturers dormer tools r footprint tools henry taylor tools neepsend stanley tools sheffield r atkinsons saws easterbrook allcard & company g & j hall ketona shears joseph marples moore & wright james neil tools niloc osborne mushett paddley & venables record ridgeway rabone chesterman shardlows the sheffield twist drill company spear & jackson thomas turner & co. files & knives tyzacks sons & turner saws thomas flinn & co. standall tools steadfast tools tyzack machine knives miscellaneous formerly sheffield based companies batchelorst o dyson refractoriest o stones breweryt o trebor bassett sweetst o richardson sheffieldt o thorntons chocolates r s.h. wards breweryt o defunct english steel corporation samuel fox and company hadfields limited samuel osborn & company jessop saville & company sheffield coal company simplex cars steel peech and tozer united steel companies vickers limited vicker son & maxim william jessop & sons yorkshire engine company see also economy of sheffield list of companies in sheffield t o taken over n nationalised p privatised a active d defunct h high tech e e commerce f financial services r relocated retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spear % 26 jackson & oldid 681776687 categories companies based in sheffieldhorticultural companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1830tool manufacturing companies of the united kingdommanufacturing companies of the united kingdomgarden tool manufacturers1830 establishments in englandbritish brands navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 september 2015 at 12 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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