Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,245 pages of information and 246,075 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
1912 Mechanics' Machine Company sold their line of drill presses to Rockford Drilling Machine Company and focused on manufacturing auto parts.
1928 The Mechanics' Machine Company became a founding division of Borg-Warner Corporation.
1929 Borg-Warner bought out Rockford Drilling Machine Company.
1945 The name of Rockford Drilling Machine Company was changed to the Rockford Clutch Division of Borg-Warner.
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