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Barber and Colman

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1917.
January 1920.
November 1926. Hobbing Spline Shafts.
August 1933.
September 1933.
1936.
1939.
1940.
1941.
1943.
November 1943/October 1945.
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April 1946/February 1947.
November 1947.
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May 1950.
November 1950.
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November 1952.
November 1954.
November 1957.
1962.
May 1964.

of Marsland Road, Brooklands, Manchester, UK subsidiary of the Barber-Colman Company, USA.[1]

1902 Business established

1904 Incorporated as a Limited Company.

1922 Specialities: Barber warp-tying machines, Barber knotters, warp-drawing machines, Barber-Colman hobbing machines, Barber-Colman hobs, machine tools, gauges.

1940 Advert. Lock washers and locking terminals. [2]

1945 Advert. Lock washers and locking terminals. [3]

1954 Barber and Colman, Ltd. Marsland Road, Brooklands, Manchester. T.: Sale 2277 (3 lines). T.A.: Barcol Sale. “Shakeproof” thread-cutting screws, lock washers, etc. [4]

1986 Senior Engineering purchased the air distribution equipment division of Barber and Colman.[5]

1987 Siebe acquired the industrial automation, commercial controls parts of the Barber-Colman business when the group was broken up.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Barber-Colman.
  2. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p182
  3. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p220
  4. ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  5. ↑ Manchester Evening News - 15 July 1986
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