Hobourn Aero Components
Hobourn Aero Components of Rochester.
1921 Private company.
1942 the Company hitherto trading as PATTISON & HOBOURN. LIMITED, Precision and General Engineers, Coventry, has now changed its Title to HOBOURN AERO COMPONENTS. LIMITED[1]
1943 Formerly Pattison and Hobourn (see advert)
1950 Charles James Pattison was chief engineer of the company[2]
1954 Hobourn Aero Components, Ltd. Close precision engineers specializing in machined components for aircraft engines and airframes. Directors: J. A. Falconer; P. L. Hobourn; B. Hobourn; H. Armitage; C. E. Roper; L. Robinson. Head Office and Works: Strood, Rochester, Kent. T.: Strood 7626. T.A. and Cables: Polar. Subsidiary Companies: Hobourn-Eaton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Hobourn Domestic Appliances. Overseas Branches and Main Distributors: Agents in all principal countries.[3]
By 1958 was a subsidiary of Thomas Tilling[4]
1958 Acquired a substantial shareholding in F. N. F. Machinery Manufacturing from Courtaulds[5]
1961 Engaged as precision engineers, manufacturers of light engineering components for the motor, aircraft and agricultural industries, textile machinery, oil, hydraulic and rotary pumps etc. 900 employees.[6]. A subsidiary of Thomas Tilling.
1962 Mr P. Hobourn, founder of the company retired; a new holding company was formed Hobourn Group, with P. L Hobourn as President[7]
1978 Name changed to Motor Hydraulics Ltd, a member of the Hobourn Group
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Coventry Evening Telegraph 28 March 1942
- ↑ London Gazette 29 December 1950
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times Jan. 1, 1959
- ↑ The Times Mar. 4, 1958
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Sept. 27, 1962