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A big change with a
new name...
On December 5th 1958 the Association changed its name to the British Surgical Trades Association (BSTA).
In the rst meeting of 1959, the Chairman refers to the amalgamation of the Federation of Surgical Instrument Manufacturers and the Surgical Instrument Manufacturers Association under the new title of The British Surgical Trades Association (BSTA), a name that many existing members will recognise from the past. One of the reasons for the name change was to bring back into the Association a number of companies that had broken away to form the Federation of Surgical Instrument Manufacturers, which was seen to divide the comparatively small industry between two Associations.
Mr S J Everett said at the time: “This happy event has brought the whole of the surgical industry together once more and as such it is able to speak on all matters affecting the industry with one voice.”
At that time, the newly named BSTA had a total of 485 members.
We start to see Committee members during this period coming from distributors with familiar names, such as John Bell & Croyden and AC Daniels.
Parking meters in London was the subject of discussion too as the Association wrote to the Ministry of Transport requesting concessions for members in the West End parking meter zone. The request was unfortunately declined!
BHTA 100 years