P.R.King & Sons Perth

In 1922 Percy Robert King started P. R. King Pty Ltd Engineers and Machinery Merchants in the Sydney suburb of Marrickville. After the Second World War Percy’s two sons Lindsay and Alex, both graduate engineers from The University of Sydney, upon their release from the services joined their father and a proud father changed the company name to P. R. King and Sons Pty Ltd. The two boys, both keen design engineers, moved the firm into more of a manufacturing company. They designed and built such things as stern doors for roll on roll off cargo vessels, winches for the Snowy Scheme, Formwork Hoists that were able to climb up new buildings as they were being constructed, window cleaning hoists for multi story buildings and the first ‘Inclinator’ in 1952. Many of their designs were patented and two were featured on the front cover of the internationally acclaimed journal, Elevator World.

In 1979 Lindsay’s son Scott joined the firm. Scott has a mechanical engineering background having graduated in engineering at the University of Sydney and also having completed a MBA at the City University of London. He has expanded the range of lifts offered by P. R. King & Sons to now not only include the manufacturing of the ‘Inclinator’ but also the importation of Stannah Stairlifts, Terry Steplifts, Garaventa Wheelchair lifts and most recently the Garaventa ‘Elvoron’ vertical lift. The company has also expanded along the east coast of Australia with offices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

In 2008 Scott’s son Oliver joined the company, coming from an accounting background having become a Chartered Accountant with KPMG back in 2003. Oliver will be the fourth generation of the family to be associated with the firm started by Percy in 1922.

Due to high demand of the company's products in the West, 2014 saw the opening of the fourth branch office, located in Perth WA.