of Read Street, Coventry.
1886 Company founded by William Hillman and George Sumner.
1887 Auto Machinery Co Ltd launched[1].
1891 Became public company
1893 Hillman's ball-bearing making machinery was first made in Coventry by Auto Machinery Co [2].
1896 Manufacturer of balls and nuts for cycles [3]. Production of 80,000 balls a day; supplied many cycle manufacturers[4].
1961 Manufacturers of bolts, nuts and studs
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Morning Post, 21 February 1887
- ↑ 'The City of Coventry: Crafts and industries: Modern industry and trade', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 162-189 [1]
- ↑ Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire, 1896
- ↑ 'The City of Coventry: Crafts and industries: Modern industry and trade', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 162-189 [2]