Auto Diesels
of Uxbridge, Middlesex
1936 Company registered.
1937 Suppliers of diesel engines. [1]
1950 Agreement with Leyland Motors that Auto Diesels would build generating sets using the Leyland high speed diesel engine under the Leyland-Auto Diesels brand name[2]
1953 With Crompton Parkinson produced mobile starting units for the Comet and Britannia aircraft used by BOAC[3]
1954 Auto Diesels Ltd. Manufacturers of petrol and Diesel engine-driven generating sets and Crompton Parkinson Auto Diesels aircraft starting and ground servicing units for all aircraft; automatic prime centrifugal pumping sets. Directors: A. J W. Green {Managing); L. W. Parncutt; J. V. Thomas; Air Cdre. J. Warburton. Head Office and Works: Cowley Mill Road, Uxbridge, Middx. T.: Uxbridge 5681 (5 lines). T.A.: and Cables: Autodiesel Uxbridge.[4]
1955 Agreement with Standard Motor Co to market their entire range of diesels for stationary uses[5]
1958 The agreement with Standard covered all piston engines for stationary uses worldwide, and for gas turbines in the UK[6]
1959 Acquired by Frederick Braby and Co[7]
1961 Manufacturers of generating and compressor sets, self-priming centrifugal pumps, internal combustion engines, gas turbines and aircraft starters. 200 employees. [8]
By 1961 was part of the Braby of Britain Group
1967 Supplied diesel starters for Concorde[9]
1968 Absorbed Norman Engineering Co into the Auto Diesels Braby Group
1970 Auto Diesels Braby introduced a 250 hp gas turbine for industrial use; said to be the first made in Britain for this application[10]
1970 Braby was acquired by the Economic Group
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times Dec 18, 1950
- ↑ The Times, Jun 11, 1953
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Dec 01, 1955
- ↑ The Times, Nov 24, 1958
- ↑ The Times, Oct 03, 1959
- ↑ 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises
- ↑ The Times Aug 29, 1967
- ↑ The Times May 13, 1970