Stock Redler Company History

The "STOCK REDLER" system of conveying and elevating bulk materials was designed and patented by the founder of the Company, Arnold Redler, in 1920 when he was 45 years old.

Arnold Redler was born at South Molton, Devon, on the 27th May 1875, one of a family of five children (four boys and one girl). Arnold Redler's father was a flour miller and the Redler family had been millers generations before, whilst his mother, whose maiden name was Francis, came from an engineering family whose major achievement was the invention and development of the Francis Water Turbine Unit.

Little is known of Arnold Redler's early life, but it is known that he left school at 14 and entered his father's trade at Bathpools Mill, Taunton. It was at the turn of the century that Arnold and his elder brother broke away from the family business and set up a Company called Daniel Redler & Co Limited, City Flour Mill at Worcester, but because of operating difficulties the brothers decided to move to Sharpness in early 1909. Arnold Redler finally abandoned milling in 1925 when the Company went into liquidation.

It was in 1919 that Arnold Redler began experiments in handling grain and in the following year he produced a machine which was the forerunner of the STOCK REDLER Handling System. Due to an increase in work, Arnold Redler decided to look for larger premises. In 1932 he decided to purchase the Apperley and Curtis Cloth Mill at Dudbridge and turn it into an Engineering Works. It took some time to get production underway, but after some minor setbacks, all was remedied. Over the years the system of materials handling that Arnold Redler invented has been increasingly developed and expanded and is now used by many process industries throughout the world.

Arnold Redler (1875-1958)