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Prestcold
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<p>Prestcold was a British <a href="/facts/Refrigerator/TGb5ozLY">refrigerator</a> manufacturer, established by the <a href="/facts/Pressed_Steel_Company/QaL1XhMF">Pressed Steel Co. Ltd</a> of <a href="/facts/Oxford/kHvWDTXW">Oxford</a> in 1934. It manufactured both domestic and commercial refrigeration equipment. Through its history, it was closely related to automotive manufacturing, particularly that of <a href="/facts/Morris_Motors/JbFx9PG2">Morris Motors</a> and successor <a href="/facts/British_Leyland/mImMomv9">British Leyland</a>. Refrigerators were originally produced alongside car bodies at the Pressed Steel facility built for Morris, adjacent to the Morris factory. </p>