 Prestcold logo, featuring Pressed Steel Company motif | |
| Industry | Refrigeration |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1933 |
| Defunct | Approx 1990 |
| Fate | Bought by Emerson Electric and brand retired |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (co-founder) Edward G. Budd (co-founder) |
| Products | Domestic, commercial and industrial cooling systems |
| Parent | Morris Motors Limited (1926–1930) Budd Company (1926–1935) Independent (1935–1966) British Leyland (1966–1981) Suter plc (1981–1984) Copeland/Emerson (1984–) |
Prestcold was a British refrigerator manufacturer, established by the Pressed Steel Co. Ltd of Oxford in 1934. It manufactured both domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment. Through its history, it was closely related to automotive manufacturing, particularly that of Morris Motors and successor British Leyland. Refrigerators were originally produced alongside car bodies at the Pressed Steel facility built for Morris, adjacent to the Morris factory.