Thanks for the reply. The pcb is really simple, with a 556 dual timer, an opto isolator, relay, triac and supporting components. I have repaired the pcb today and will reinstall tomorrow, but I was just interested to know who made the press and where.
It looks as if the opto and the 556 were made in 1981 - 556 is National, code M8147 and the opto is Motorola, code 8108.
The triac was dead, a 22uF electrolytic was corroded to dust under the shrink sleeve, and two 220uF res caps had legs rotted off, and a to92 transistor was crushed under the loose relay. The owners claim it was working last week !
The whole inside of the cavity was covered in a black 'woolly' sooty deposit that tested as conductive (1meg with about 3mm between the probes.) The pcb was buried in it, and I thought on site that it maybe contained cast iron filings but it is not magnetic. The owners use the press to die cut sheets of vacuum moulded plastic trays, and say that they bought it from a leather goods manufacturer - who knows where it has been since the 80s !
It looks very similar to the attached pic.
Regards, BT