Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

Registered UK Charity (No. 1154342)

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,148 pages of information and 250,321 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Burnley Aircraft Products

From Graces Guide
1939.
Sept 1940.
February 1943.
1953.
1954.
October 1955.
January 1957.
May 1957.
December 1957.
June 1959.
1961.
December 1961

Burnley Aircraft Products Ltd. of Fulledge Works, Burnley. Associated with Renfrew Aircraft and Engineering Co, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

1947 was part of Aluminium Castings Co, making domestic electrical appliances. Sales were handled by Universal Boilers and Engineering Co

1951 Re-entered the aircraft industry as part of the jet engine programme[1]

1954 Burnley Aircraft Products Ltd. Fulledge Works, Holmes Street, Burnley, Lancs. T.: Burnley 3121-2, 3203. T.A.: Aircraft Burnley. Wing flaps, bomb doors and hatches, etc., jettison tanks. Specialists in sheet metal and welded steel components. [2]

1954 Aircraft business was now larger than domestic appliances.

1959 Established close technical relationship with Soudure Electrique Languepin of France, specialist in welding machinery and design of multi-head machines for welding automotive bodies[3]

Presumably this link-up led to formation of Solar Weld Languepin

1964 Name changed to Burnley Engineering Products[4]


See Also

Loading...

Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Oct 08, 1951
  2. ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  3. ↑ The Times, Oct 27, 1959
  4. ↑ The Times Nov 30, 1964
Retrieved from "https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Burnley_Aircraft_Products&oldid=1445386"
Privacy policy Disclaimers About Grace’s Guide Contact Grace’s Guide

Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright © 2025 by Grace's Guide Ltd. The text of this web site is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. 

MW1.43