Mather and Platt

Mather & Platt is the name of several large engineering firm in Europe, South Africa and Asia which are subsidiaries of Wilo SE, Germany or were founded by former employees. It originated in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, England, where they were formerly a major employer, and it continues as a food processing and packaging business, trading as M & P Engineering in Trafford Park, Manchester.

The core business produces large electrical centrifugal pumps. They trade in India as Mather & Platt Pumps and in South Africa as Mather & Platt SA PTY Ltd.

The Plate Metal Works, also called the Boiler Yard, was owned by yet another John Platt, who was not related to the main Platt family. He occasionally subcontracted for Mather & Platt.

The main entrance to the Park Works features in the 1943 painting Going to Work by LS Lowry. The picture is now in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.