Thomas White and Sons
of Laighpark Works, Paisley.
1863 Company founded.
1908 The business was incorporated as a private company, with capital of £35,000 in £1 shares[1]
1914 Specialities: Textile Machinery and Bobbin Machinery. Employees 300. [2]
1924 Description of high speed wood planing machine [3]
1961 Engineers specialising in woodworking machinery. 500 employees. [4]
1968 Abrasive finisher [5]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Scotsman 23 May 1908
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Engineering 1924/04/04
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Engineer of 5th July 1968 p31