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Marston Excelsior

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of Wolverhampton and Leeds

1919 Excelsior Motor Radiator Co of Leeds was incorporated.

1943 The radiator business of John Marston Ltd, part of ICI Metals Division, was merged with another ICI subsidiary Excelsior Motor Radiator Co Ltd. of Leeds[1] to become Marston Excelsior.

WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito. [2]

WWII Marston Excelsior made metal fuel tanks for Wellington Bombers and other aircraft; pioneered development of flexible non-metallic fuel tanks, and self-sealing covers through collaboration between ICI experts in dyestuffs, leathercloth, metals, paint and plastics[3].

1954 Marston Excelsior, Ltd. Design and manufacture of all types of heat exchangers, flexible fuel and oil tanks for aircraft, reinforced laminated plastics for radar housings and other purposes; the machining and assembly of aircraft hydraulic and other components; specialists in metal fabrication for the aircraft industry. Directors: Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Sole Director and Manager). Delegate Director in Charge: W. Robson. Head Office and Main Works: Fordhouses, Wolverhampton. T.A.: Icimarex Wolverhampton. Codes: Private and Bentley’s. Road, Leeds, 12. T,: Leeds 37351. T.A.: Icimarex Leeds 12. Main Distributors: I.C.I. agents in all principal countries.[4]

1961 Designers, fabricators and sheet metal workers in aluminium and cuprous alloys, uranium, zirconium, tantalum, reinforced plastics and synthetic rubbers. Heat transfer specialists. Products include heat exchangers, pressure vessels, pipework, bursting discs, special purpose machines, industrial fans, flexible tanks for aircraft and bulk storage and transport of liquids. [5]

1965 Acquired Norman Isherwood and Co[6]

1966 part of Imperial Metal Industries when it was listed on the LSE.

1967 Formation of Marston Radiators Ltd[7],

1969 Part of Imperial Metal Industries

1979 Renamed IMI Marston[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ History of Kynoch Works [1]
  2. ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
  3. ↑ The Times May 25, 1945
  4. ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  5. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  6. ↑ The Times , Mar. 7, 1966
  7. ↑ Companies house filing
  8. ↑ Companies House filing
  • AA. [2] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry
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