Macnays
of Stockton Street, Middlesborough-on-Tees, Yorks.
1858 Company established.
1910 Private limited company.
1914 Manufacturers of machines, tools, auxiliary devices for promoting efficiency and economy in production, machinery accessories, electrical supplies, builders' and contractors' plant and materials, mill furnishings, forge and foundry requisites etc. [1]
1939 Merchants[2]
1968 Scunthorpe Rod Mill Ltd was renamed GKN Distributors Ltd, which was formed to amalgamate the distribution interests of GKN and to acquire Davis and Timmins Ltd, W. Galloway and Co Ltd, GKN (Northern Ireland) Ltd and John Lysaght (Services) Ltd, Macnays Ltd, Nettlefold and Moser Ltd and other companies controlled by GKN involved in distribution.
1969 Macnays Ltd was a service centre specialising in steel tubes[3]
1976 GKN Distributors Ltd was renamed Macnays Ltd
1983 Name changed to Sankey Laminations Ltd, another subsidiary of GKN
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough 18 November 1939
- ↑ The Times Mar. 20, 1969