Garford-Lilley Industries
From Graces Guide
Makers of tapes, webbing etc
1948 Garfield-Lilley Industries Limited, a public company, was formed by the amalgamation of two Derby tape manufacturing firms: City Textile Co, and Garfield-Lilley and Brother Limited, and a third company, Rotalac Limited, of Timperley, manufacturers of reinforced plastic coated threads, thongings and strippings.[1]
1956 Also made household and factory paints, lacquers car ignitions[2]
1972 Thomas French and Sons bought the company's narrow fabric interests for £510,000 in cash.[3]
1983 Williams Holdings engaged in merger talks with Garford-Lilley[4] by which time the company was engaged in plastics, engineering and wood working[5]
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