Harry F Rochat Ltd was created in 1969. Harry and his son Leon decided that there was no manufactures making quality, traditional, printing presses. They set about designing a range traditional presses in the manner in which they believed they should be made. They both had worked in a company in Kings Cross that had been making presses of many kinds since 1900.

This gave them very firm views on the materials, traditional techniques, and design of the machines. This is something which has born out in the presses designed since 1969. This traditional background led to the belief that none of the machines should be fabricated. As a result the side frames, gears, hand wheels and iron rollers are all cast to our specific requirements. The casting is carried out by a family run foundry in Birmingham and machined and finish in our small factory in Barnet.