In its early years the company was a renowned manufactured of altar furniture and examples of its work can be seen in many of the great cathedrals and churches of the world, including those at Westminster, Gloucester, Ripon and Madras.

The company developed into statuary work and John Singer imported Belgian craftsmen who brought with them the secrets of their wax-moulding technique. One of the earliest works manufactured by this process was a statue of General Gordon on a camel. There soon followed Boadicea which stands on Westminster Bridge opposite the houses of parliament, Cecil Rhodes which stands on the Motoppo Hills in Zimbabwe, the bronze work of the Victoria and Albert Memorial which faces Buckingham Palace and many other statues across the world.

During the 1914-1918 war J W Singer & Sons Ltd became a munitions works and during this period hot stamping presses were installed and the company began to develop an expertise in hot stamping of non-ferrous metals, notably brasses.

In 1927 the statuary side of the business was moved to the Morris Singer Art Metal works, which continue to manufacture statues to this day.

The high-pressure diecasting of brass started in 1945 with a single Edgewick machine and the company soon developed an expertise in this new field, which complimented their skill at hot brass stamping. So much so that in 1957 the company was bought by the Delta Metals Group.

Hot stamping was discontinued at Frome in 1989 and all the plant associated with this process was transferred to a sister company in the Midlands, leaving J W Singer to concentrate on the development of its high-pressure diecasting facility.

In 1990 the company ventured into yet another new field, Gravity diecasting, and quickly established itself as a leader in this market.