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WR Simpson was started by two brothers William and Robert
in Edinburgh, branched out to locations in Dublin and Belfast.
This proved to be the most successful venue for business
and personal reasons (including a desire to live in Belfast!)
the business was located in Donegall Street. Eventually
WRS moved to Smithfield where it remained until 1974 when,
of necessity, it moved to 96/98 Great Patrick Street.
After the brothers death, Arthur Simpson, son of Robert,
took over the management of the business until his death.
He had been joined by his son Douglas aged 19, who trained
at Salter’s in Birmingham, he then became Managing
Director and was joined by his wife Rosemary as Director
in 1969. Following Douglas’ death in 2007 Rosemary
became Managing Director. Retaining the family link their
son Ian and daughter Karen are co-directors.
Opening its doors for the first time in 1891 in Belfast
the family firm WR Simpson has supplied weighing equipment
for 116 years. In the beginning we employed blacksmiths
and engineers to manufacture our own platform scales. By
the 1970’s it was clear that electronics would eventually
replace the mechanical scale. We continued to supply mechanical
equipment but re-trained our engineers in this new technology.
Coming up to the present day nearly all our scales are electronic
but we still keep a few mechanical scales for special applications.
Our engineers still have to go through the rigorous five
year apprenticeship which now includes electronic and mechanical
scales.
Hospitals, medical centres, banks, retail outlets, and
farmers are amongst our valued customers, but equally important
is the person who wants a small individual order.
Moving to new premises in the near future will bring new
challenges to the firm, which has always been ready to meet
changes in business which have included decimalization,
metrication, and in Ireland, the change to the Euro currency.
We look forward to meeting the demands of the next decade
with the co-operation of our main suppliers Seca, Salter
Brecknell, Turier and Fereday and whenever necessary other
specialized companies.
Being an independent company has allowed us to treat our
customers as people and we offer the very best sales service
around. Quality of product and service has always been uppermost
in our business and this ethos will remain undiminished.
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