David Brown Industries
of Huddersfield.
1955 Private company formed as a subsidiary of David Brown Corporation in order to rationalise the operations of all of the Group's manufacturing operations in the UK[1]
1961 Engineers and metal founders, manufacturers and dealers in gears, agricultural machines and implements, tractors, motor cars. 7,000 employees.[2]. Works at Huddersfield, London, Coventry, Manchester and Salford. Engineers and metal founders, manufacturers and dealers in gears, agricultural machines and implements, tractors and motor cars.[3]
1965 Acquired the holding in David Brown-Foote Gears of Ontario that belonged to Hewitt-Robins Inc of Chicago, making it a wholly-owned subsidiary[4]
1970 Developed a paint that could prevent surface cracks in castings by application to the moulds[5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Apr 19, 1956
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ 1961 Guide to Key British Enterprises: Motor, Motor-Cycle and Commercial Vehicle Manufacturers
- ↑ The Times, Dec 08, 1965
- ↑ The Times Mar 05, 1970