James Booth and Co
of Argyle Street Works, Nechells, Birmingham, and Kitts Green, Birmingham (from 1938)
1869 Company formed, to manufacture brass and copper[1]
1912 Exhibitor at the Non-Ferrous Metals Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Halls[2].
1915 The company was acquired by Vickers Ltd; James Booth (1915) Ltd was incorporated; took over the manufacture of Duralumin[3]
1921 Vickers owned the entire share capital of the company, which it used for making Duralumin, something that other suppliers seemed to be unable to make[4].
1925 Acquired controlling interest in John Wilkes, Sons and Mapplebeck Ltd [5]
1928 Vickers sold the ordinary shares to the British Shareholders Trust who placed the shares. Capital raised by issue of preference shares was used to repay debts to Vickers [6]. British Aluminium Co took a substantial interest[7]
1931 Acquired sole UK rights to manufacture Elektron magnesium alloys in all wrought forms from I. G. Farben[8]
1937 Metal manufacturers. "D2 Alloy" Sections and Stampings. "Duralumin" Sections and Stampings. "Elektron" Sections and Stampings. "MG7" Sections and Stampings. [9]
1938 Produced a wide range of non-ferrous metals and alloys; the increasing demand for work by the Government had necessitated expansion of production facilities[10]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
WWII Much of the production went into aircraft uses. Scientific advances during the war meant that at the end substantial re-equipping was necessary. The company continued to depend on science to ensure its production was maintained at high level[11]. Had produced 250,000 aricraft propellors from Duralumin, as well as aluminium alloy tube and wire for rivets[12]
1957 Delta Metal Co acquired the Company[13]
c.1960 Delta Metal Co formed James Booth Aluminium to acquire the aluminium and light alloy interests of James Booth and Co[14]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Nov 12, 1928
- ↑ The Times, 19 June 1912
- ↑ The Times, Mar 23, 1929
- ↑ The Times, Dec 23, 1921
- ↑ The Times, Nov 12, 1928
- ↑ The Times, Nov 06, 1928
- ↑ The Times, Mar 28, 1929
- ↑ The Times, Mar 20, 1931
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, Mar 15, 1938
- ↑ The Times, Apr 06, 1945
- ↑ The Times, Apr 06, 1946
- ↑ The Times, Sep 24, 1957
- ↑ The Times, Feb 19, 1960