Henry Balfour and Co
of Durie Foundry, Leven, Fife
1810 Company founded (was this by Henry Balfour who would have only been 14 at the time?)
1879 Description and drawings of 'Comet' air and circulating pumps, designed by J. F. Spencer, and constructed by Henry Balfour and Co., of Leven, for R. Steele and Co., of Glasgow. [1]
1896 Henry Balfour and Company Limited was registered, with capital of £10,000, to acquire and take over as a going concern, the business of Henry Balfour and Co, engineers and iron founders, Durie Foundry, Leven.[2]
1961 Ironfounders, gas and chemical engineers and manufacturers of pressure vessels and machinery cut gearing (castings up to 100 tons). 1,000 employees. [3]
1962 Acquired by Pfaudler Permutit Inc[4]
2010 Pfaudler Balfour marked its bicentenary[5]
2026 Currently part of GMM Pfaudler
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1879/06/27
- ↑ The Scotsman 14 March 1896
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Mar 01, 1962
- ↑ The Times, June 23, 2010
- National Records of Scotland BT2/3138