Suppliers

Where to get hold of your let­ter­press needs

Quotes from Composing Room Stores

There are a reas­on­able num­ber of sup­pli­ers for your let­ter­press needs. This lim­ited list is based on per­son­al recom­mend­a­tions. Please con­tact me if you want to recom­mend a sup­pli­er or want to be added.  The Let­ter­press Alive site provides a more com­pre­hens­ive list of cur­rent suppliers.

Blockmakers

Per­son­ally used and recom­mend — Metal­lic Ele­phant, or Cen­tur­i­on Graph­ics.

Printers' Engineer

Tony Wood, Leeds: 0113 260 6134 — http://www.impression-works.co.uk/

Rollers

Rollers for com­mon hand presses are avail­able from a num­ber of UK sources.  Try Adana’s par­ent com­pany — Caslon.

The Logan Press

Patrick Roe runs a Mono­type oper­a­tion; a let­ter­press print­ing works; and also a ser­vice to move and restore machinery!  Have a look at http://www.theloganpress.co.uk for details.

Alderson & Co

Alder­son & CO Lim­ited spe­cial­ise in all things let­ter­press. Full Res­tor­a­tion, Sales, Ser­vice, Break­down and Relo­ca­tion of all Let­ter­press Machinery. Con­tact Neil Alder­son on 07834045453 or neil@aldersonco.co.uk.

Caslon

Caslon, Adana’s par­ent com­pany, are again pro­du­cing Adana machines and all the asso­ci­ated equip­ment and supplies.

Adana Shop

France-based sup­pli­er of ren­ov­ated Adana machines.  http://adanashop.info/