Cheswick and Wright
From Graces Guide
of Blackpool, Lancashire
1938 Company founded.
1941 Private company.
1947 Company made public.
1953 A. S. Hawtin was managing director; explored potential for setting up silencer making operation in Canada[1]
1961 Engineers, manufacturing exhaust systems for cars and commercial vehicles. 300 employees. [2]
1969 Acquired disused aircraft factory at Squires Gate, Blackpool, to make silencers for cars, adding to the existing 5 factories[3]
1970 Hawtin Industries sold its interests in Cheswick and Wright to Tube Investments[4]
1973 Part of Tube Investments
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Aug 27, 1953
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, May 14, 1969
- ↑ The Times, Jan 29, 1970