Burman and Sons
Burman and Sons Ltd. of Kings Norton, Birmingham; of Ryland Road, Birmingham. (1938)
See also Burman and Sons: Clippers
1871 Company founded.
1897 Private company.
1930s Gearbox for Ariel Square-four motorcycle. (Exhibit at Birmingham Thinktank museum)
1933 Burman and Sons Limited, manufacturers of horse and barbers' clippers, sheep shearers, motor cycle gear boxes and steering gears, Ryland road, Edgbaston [1]
1953 S. F. Burman, M.B.E., Managing Director, Burman and Sons, Ltd
1955 Acquired by Vono Industrial Products.
1960 Acquired Kieft Cars
1961 Manufacturers of motor and motorcycle accessories. 1,500 employees. [2]
1965 Supplied about 40 percent of the steering units required by the British motor trade[3]
1968 Supplied rack and pinion steering units to Ford [4]
1978 Adwest Group acquired Burman and Sons, the steering gear part of Duport[5].
1986 Major reduction in staffing at Burman due to fall in demand for its products and delivery problems [6].
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Kelly's Directory 1933
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Mar 08, 1965
- ↑ The Engineer of 19th January 1968 p119
- ↑ The Times 27 June 1978
- ↑ The Times 30 September 1986