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Custom-built exhibition stand

Custom-built exhibition stand for Esso, one of the world’s leading providers of fuel This ThrowbackThursday photo shows a Beck & Pollitzer exhibition stand that was created for Esso. It was built for display for the 1961 Engineering and Marine…

Factory relocation, UK – Australia

Factory relocation from the UK to Australia for Richard Klinger Ltd, a manufacturing company This week ThrowbackThursday shows a Beck & Pollitzer relocation project from the 1960s. As an international company with global reach, Beck & Poll…

Machinery installation via exterior wall

Beck & Pollitzer installed machinery via an exterior wall! This ThrowbackThursday is from the 1960s. It shows a challenging installation project for the Royal National Institute of the Blind. The RNIB was first conceived as the British and For…

Custom case for a relocation project

22 tons bespoke case for a relocation project This ThrowbackThursday is from the 1960s and shows a case that was specially designed for a relocation project. The case itself weighed 22 tons, so it could safely support the table of a large gear hob…

British Trade Fair 1960s

This ThrowbackThursday is from the 1960s and shows an exhibition stand that Beck & Pollitzer built for the Council of Industrial Design. Now known simply as “The Design Council”, the organization was a UK charity set up “to champion great design t…

Beck & Pollitzer HQ Dartford – 1960s

This photo shows the current Beck & Pollitzer Head Office when it was first acquired in the 1960s. Originally based in London, Beck & Pollitzer moved from the purpose-built Universal House to its current premises in Dartford, Kent (pictured). Due …

Transportation of 68-tons case to China

1960 relocation project: Transportation of 68-tons case to China This ThrowbackThursday shows a relocation project from the 1960s, which was prepared in a Beck & Pollitzer warehouse prior to shipment. The engineer in the photo is tightening a …

Labelling Canned Goods 1958

Quality assurance workers checked shipments for damage before redistribution This ThrowbackThursday photo was taken in 1958 at Beck & Pollitzer’s Wharf Department. As part of our shipping service, the company received imported goods from clien…

Delivery of a new Rover P5 in 1958

Delivery of a (then) brand-new Rover P5 to the Royal Festival Hall This ThrowbackThursday is from 1958 and shows the delivery of a (then) brand-new Rover P5 to the Royal Festival Hall. Beck & Pollitzer undertook the project for the car’s origi…

Installation of 180 machines in the 1950s

Installation of 180 machines in just 3 days for an electronic components manufacturer! This ThrowbackThursday is an impressive project from the 1950s. Beck & Pollitzer undertook an installation project for the Mullard Valve Co. at their Mitcha…