We are a privately owned group of companies formed in 1953 by Mr F. J. Pistol. The current managing director is his son, Mr Neil Pistol.
We operate from Embatool House in London Colney, about 3 miles from St Albans in Hertfordshire. We have offices comprising 7,000 square feet together with a warehouse of nearly 10,000 square feet.
Additionally we have interests in manufacturing, both in the UK and overseas.
Group of Companies
The group of companies have a number of interests including two active sales organisations, the Embassy group and the Pistol group. These two companies concentrate on the marketing, import and after sales support of specialist machine tools, operating as a sole representative.
Generally we operate in two broad areas:
Embassy Machinery |
Pistol Machinery |
| Medium-light engineering – sheet metal stamping and forming, sheet metal assembly, automatic component assembly and welding/fixing, plus specialist niche areas in wire working including spring and fastener manufacture. | Pharmaceutical and metal packaging equipment – tablet manufacture and inspection, flexible packaging, form fill and seal machines (plastic), freeze drying equipment and can and drum manufacture. |