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A Brief History of Lang
John Lang & Sons , Johnstone was founded in 1874 by John Lang and his two Sons John and Robert in Johnstone near Glasgow, Scotland. The company soon became Renowned for Lathe manufacture and the quality of the castings from the Lang foundry. Lang continued to expand and flourished due to the in house innovations in product, process and factory design along with production techniques. The Lang Lathe name came to be regarded along side the best German machines of the time for quality and reliability. The
Wickman Group . The Wickman group was, in the 1960s and 1970s, a fast expanding forward thinking company. The group expanded by buying Engineering companies with a proven heritage and complimentary products. Wickman purchased Lang and continued the Production of modern machines in Johnstone. Lang continued to pioneer and was one of the first to deliver a Numerically controlled machine to the market with the Numericon . Around this time Wickman bought the John Stirk & Sons company of Halifax, England.