Adamson Containers 1972 - 85 by John K. Wilson |
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(View of front of factory custom built by East Lothian County Council. I had to organise all the electrics etc.) The factory came as a continuation of the container boom. Lots of material was being lost overboard from the oil rig supply ships as it was nearly all on pallets… Someone hit on the idea of a MINI container to keep the cargoes safe dry and compact. From a basic container it eventually developed into various shapes and sizes to transport different goods. After a few years producing basic containers we could turn out any shape or size of container to suit our customers needs When I started work with Adamson I went to their Manchester factory for 5 days to see how cargo containers were made. Then I had the factory to set up. Electrics ,welding sets, cranes etc. My main contacts at Manchester were Ron Pelling a first class engineer, (he and I were on the same wavelength and could read each other engineering minds.) Mr Jim Corcoran production director a kind understanding manager ever helpful and a Mr Stanley Wilce managing director, the only useful thing I ever saw him do was to check the soap dispensers in the toilets till he found one empty to complain about it. A more serious complaint was when I was running late with the production start, he phoned me to say “Mr Wilson I am perturbed, you have been to our factory line at Manchester for 5 days and still can’t make containers” A bit unfair I felt as till then I had never looked at a container before this time! However we soon ironed out the difficulties and at one stage we were producing thirty to forty containers per week, and were in production for thirteen years. |
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