About Us
We are a long established company providing a complete and
comprehensive service of hydraulic components, units and systems;
Cylinders for lifting loads up to 1000 tonne each; Power units
giving pressures to 10,000psi; Tools to master difficult
problems including; nut cutters, hole punch, wire rope cutters,
torque wrenches, bearings pullers.
Latest arrival in our range of power packs is the small trolley
mounted diesel powered unit, which complements the petrol units
which are widely used. Our range of products are backed with our
service and repair department, with the manufacturer trained
operatives, working under the quality control procedures of
ISO9001:2000.
Our reputation for quality and reliability has enabled us to be the
supplier of choice for hydraulics for the rope
compressors used on the ropes which hang the Landau Suspension
Bridge, Hong Kong. As well as working with Rolls Royce and National
Railway contractors in maintaining site equipment, along side
developing new specialist hydraulic tooling and equipment
Taskers also provide a solution for those special lubrication
problems, with lubricants that work at 500°C, stick to moving parts
and lubricate wire ropes.
If you are interested in any of our products or services or if you
would like more information on a product please contact us on 0114
2430927.
Taskers History
John Tasker, who established the business back in 1839, as 'Tasker’s
Engineering Co. Ltd.' which started as a maker of leather and rubber
goods in Sheffield. With a great pioneering spirit (he has more than
once been described as a great benefactor of Sheffield), he
progressed from bouncing balls and galoshes to engineering.
He
had a store in Angel Street, Sheffield, where he carried out a
repair and engineering stores merchant business also a repair and
engineering department in Sheaf Street. He then soon realised the
prospects of electrical power, he installed a generating station in
1877-78, thus putting Sheffield on the map of public electricity.
In
the true pioneering spirit he then continued to involved himself in
telecommunications and his Angel Street store became one of the
first telephone exchanges in the provinces. Becoming a name of
importance in the telephone business he installed private exchanges
for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle and Balmoral. The greater
resources of the National Telephone Company overcame the Sheffield
Company and this came to a conclusion in 1888. The other private
venture (electricity) came to an end when Sheffield Corporation
purchased the electricity undertaking in 1898.
New activities were sought; and Taskers purchased Portmahon Works
where they carried on the business of producing all kinds of
grinding machinery, some very h
eavy
armour-plate grinders, which they supplied to users at home and
overseas. The Portmahon Works were dismantled and transferred to
Lancashire some years later. Meanwhile they had expanded their
engineer’ merchants business on Blonk Street in 1900 and remained
there until the 1960’s when they moved to Roman Ridge Road.
Taskers have specialised in the prompt supplying of a multitude of
different goods in engineering work.
Taskers continued as a family run company through four generations,
but is no longer in family hands.
The company now known as TASKERS UK LTD. continues today to give a
first class service as Hydraulic Engineers and Lubrication
Specialists, under the watchful eye of Michael J. Crawford, Managing
Director.
