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Lacy-Hulbert and Co

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January 1902. Air hoist featured in advert
1906.
December 1910. 'Boreas' positive displacement pumps
1917.
1919.
1922.
1923.
1925.
1925.
1929.
1929. Portable Petrol-Driven Air Compressor.
1929. Paraffin Spraying Gun.
1929. Portable Electrically-Driven Compressor..
1929. Portable Spraying Outfit.
1931. Pneumatic Plant at Grimsby Post Office.
1933. Paint Spraying Equipment.
1933. Small Air Cooled Compressor.
1937. Compressors.
May 1943

of Boreas Works, Beddington, Croydon.

c1901 Business founded by Charles Edward Lacy-Hulbert

1903 Took limited liability status

1904 British Vacuum Cleaner and Engineering Co took action for infringement of patents against Lacy-Hulbert and Co [1]

1906 Description and photo of portable 'Boreas' vertical compound air compressor driven by a petrol engine.[2]

1908 Description and photo of electrically-driven 'Boreas' vertical compound air compressor.[3]

1937 Pneumatic engineers. [4]

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1965 merged with Henry Sykes to form Sykes, Lacy-Hulbert and Co[5]

1973 held off a bid from Hanson Trust[6]. Company name changed to Henry Sykes[7]

1981 The Lacy-Hulbert company was sold to Adwest Group[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times, Mar 30, 1904
  2. ↑ Engineering 1906/08/17
  3. ↑ Engineering 1908/01/31
  4. ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  5. ↑ The Times (London, England), Nov 26, 1965
  6. ↑ The Times, Jun 14, 1973
  7. ↑ The Times, Oct 30, 1973
  8. ↑ The Times, May 28, 1981
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