Swann Morton Ltd. is a British

British people

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 manufacturer of scalpel

Scalpel

A scalpel, or lancet, is a small and extremely sharp bladed instrument used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts . Scalpels may be single-use disposable or re-usable. Re-usable scalpels can have attached, resharpenable blades or, more commonly, non-attached, replaceable...

 handles, blades and other surgical equipment. It was founded in 1932 by W. R. Swann, J. A. Morton and D. Fairweather to make and sell razor blades.
Mr Swann's founding principles:

• Claims of individuals producing in an industry came first, before anything else, and must always remain first. They are the human beings on which everything is built.
• If the industry cannot pay the rightful reward of labour (while they are producing for profit for the owners) then a new policy is required on the part of the management to make it do so.
• If the management can't do the job, then a new management is required, as well as a new policy.
• Individuals in any industry have a perfect right to demand and see that this objective is reached, because they produce the goods.

When the Bard-Parker patent for a 2 piece scalpel ran out in 1935 , Swann-Morton expanded its product range in this direction.
The company moved to its current site in the 1940s. Mr J A Morton left the company around this time.
The remaining directors took the decision to put the company in a trust where 50% was shared with the employees and the other 50% in a charitable trust.