Economics
The town has a range of businesses, mainly located on the Callywhite Lane Industrial Estate at the eastern end of the town off the main Sheffield to Chesterfield road. The main businesses in the town were originally associated with engineering trades, but over recent years have diversified. The principal business is the William Lees Iron Foundry, which dates back to the 1800s and was responsible for major growth in the town at that time. The foundry mainly supplies malleable iron castings to the automotive industry.
Major companies with works in Dronfield include:
- Henry Boot PLC - Builders, area offices
- Banner Plant - Plant Hire Yard & HQ, a division of Henry Boot Plc.
- Padley & Venables Ltd - Manufacturers of rock cutting tools and bits.
- Hodkin & Jones - Decorative plaster mouldings HQ & factory.
- Land Instruments International - Manufacturers of infrared temperature measurement and combustion efficiency and environmental monitoring equipment. Land was taken over in 2006 by AMETEK Inc.
- Gunstones Bakery (Northern Foods) - Suppliers of baked products to M&S, etc. The firm was founded in Sheffield in 1862, moving to Dronfield in 1950, and taken over by Northern Foods in 1970.
The Sheffield firm of Ponsford's Furniture have opened their new distribution warehouse in the town. Various smaller companies occupy units on the estate. Some modern high-tech businesses have premises in the town, such as Radius (formerly Slinn Computers) a packaging software systems supplier.
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