BMH Feedgear was founded in 1980 by 3 engineers who decided that they had had enough of working for someone else. Ken Broughton, Alasdair (Mac) McLeod and Colin Hood left Rockware Kingspeed not knowing what, if anything, the future held for them. Between them they had developed a vast knowledge of container handling experience having worked for many years at Kingston Conveyors Ltd which eventually became Rockware Kingspeed Ltd.
In the early years of BMH Feedgear they were glad for any sort of work they could pick up, on the basis that any work was better than no work. As the years past by they became more and more established within the bottling industry, gaining a first class reputation with regards to feedworms and changeparts.
There reputation grew to such an extent that it became evident that there were only just enough hours in the day to be able to cope with the ever increasing workload of changeparts and feedworms. The decision was taken to concentrate solely on Feedworms, Changeparts and the BMH Invertor which at that time had a worldwide patent.
The early years saw BMH Feedgear working from 1 factory unit on the Sutton Fields Industrial Estate which is to the East of the city of Hull. As the years progressed and the BMH reputation grew, the workforce grew with it, the 1 factory unit became 2 units, and then 2 units became 3. The current workforce, including the main partners, stands at a total of 15. Alasdair McLeod is the only surviving member of the original partnership, Ken Broughton sadly passed away on 29th September 2006 whilst Colin Hood is happily retired.