| Admin/Biograhical History | During the First World War, when it became almost impossible to import equipment from England, a small engineering business run by the Gordon brothers was used by the Perkins representative in Australia to manufacture bakery equipment for the market. Baker Perkins Pty. Ltd was established in Melbourne in 1925 as the Australian subsidiary company and in that same year Baker Perkins Ltd acquired a minority financial interest in Gordon Brothers Pty. Ltd., which had been formed in 1923. |