Note: This is a sub-section of BSA
of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.
1920 February. The company BSA Tools Ltd was formed. [1]
1920 Description of the business and its products in The Engineer of 12th March. [2]
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with numerous small tools, jigs and fixtures. [3]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1947 BSA Tools Ltd. acquired the whole plant of the German Index-Werke, Esslingen, and formed the Index Automatic Machine Co to continue the manufacture of the world-famed "Index" automatic screw machine.
1950s BSA Tools became a separate unit operating from the Sparkbrook Works whilst machine tools were produced at Kitts Green
1961 Machine and small tool manufacturers, operating as the Small Tools Division of parent company
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 27th Feb 1920 p234
- ↑ The Engineer of 12th March 1920 p266 & p274
- ↑ The Engineer of 10th September 1920 p244