of Tottenham.
of 3 Albemarle Street, Clerkenwell, EC1 (1937)
1924 Private company.
1937 Gun mountings, ground equipment, searchlight mountings. "Opperman" Reduction Worm Gears. [1]
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito.
1961 Manufacture a wide range of spur, worm and helical gear units embodying any make or type of electric motor. [2]
1964 Opperman Gears (Holdings) Ltd acquired the non-ferrous foundry of George Kent Ltd and merged it with the existing subsidiary, W. J. Mariner and Co, as Opperman Foundries[3]
1968 Because of broadening range of business the company name was changed to Opperman Holdings[4]
1973 Acquired by Brook Motors[5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Jun 01, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Apr 16, 1968
- ↑ The Times, Sep 01, 1973
- Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6