No-Sag Spring Co
of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (formerly in Dumbarton)
Supplier of spring and seat assemblies to the furniture and automotive industries
1947 Company incorporated[1]
1973 The No-Sag Spring Co. are moving operations to Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, from the Broadmeadows Industrial Estate, Dumbarton.[2]
1974 The No-Sag Spring Co (Great Britain) Ltd changed its name to Hoover Ball and Bearing Co (UK) Ltd, a subsidiary of an American company of similar name[3]
1980 Renamed Hoover Universal (UK) Ltd
By 1989 owned 49 percent of Ikeda Hoover; during the year acquired 42 percent of JRI Technologies Ltd. Was a subsidiary of Johnson Controls Inc of USA[4]
1991 renamed Johnson Controls Automotive (UK)
