Simplex Engineering Co
of Trafford Park
Formerly the Acme Lathe and Products Co.
1907 Description and photos of a two-spindle nut machine and a screw-head slotting machine shown at the Machinery Exhibition, Olympia[1]
1908 'WORKMAN GETS DAMAGES. Sitting at Manchester Assizes on Saturday, special Jury awarded £125 damages in the case of John Faulkner, metal turner, who sued the Simplex Engineering Company, Trafford Park, for malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Faulkner was accused by the company’s then manager with having wilfully damaged the tools used on an iron planing machine. He was arrested late at night, and was further charged with stealing certain steel parallels and gauges. The charges were heard at the Sessions, when Faulkner was acquitted.' [2]. A more detailed account[3] inferred that the accusation was indeed a malicious act on the part of the management.
1908 'New Companies Registered: SIMPLEX ENGINEERING COMPANY. October 2, £20,000 (£1). To acquire business of Simplex Engineering Company, Limited (incorporated in 1902 as Acme Lathe and Products Company, Limited). Agreement with G. A. T. Jesson.'[4]
1910 Winding-up notice.[5]