of Huddersfield
Makers of electric motors [1]
1968 Hawker Siddeley took over Crompton Parkinson
1970 Hawker Siddeley acquired Brook Motors with the support of the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation[2]. The 2 companies were later put together as Brook Crompton Parkinson Motors[3]'
1993 BTR Industries acquired Hawker Siddeley and other internationally-known names in electromechanical drives and controls including gear manufacturers Hansen Transmissions, Prager and Stephan Werke. Brook Crompton became part of Brook Hansen.
1999 Merger of BTR and Siebe; Brook Hansen was split into motors companies and gear companies. The gear companies were aligned with the Rexnord group and the electric motors companies became known as Invensys Brook Crompton.
Now part of the Lindeteves-Jacoberg Group; once more known as Brook Crompton.