1924 Made a special furnace and annealing pot for wire-drawing[1]
1946 Acquired by Eastleigh Engineering Co which adopted this company's name
1968 Acquired by Thomas W. Ward which was complementary to Marshall Richards Machine Co, makers of wire-drawing machinery, already part of the group[2]
1970 Presumably part of Marshall Richards Barcro of Eastleigh, maker of wire drawing machinery[3]
1972 Marshall Richards Barcro of Crook and Eastleigh[4]