Difference between revisions of "Philidas"
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[[image:Im195201AE-Philidas.jpg|thumb| January 1952.]] | [[image:Im195201AE-Philidas.jpg|thumb| January 1952.]] | ||
[[image:Im195205AE-Philidas.jpg|thumb| May 1952.]] | |||
[[image:Im19590220En-Phil.jpg|thumb| February 1959. ]] | [[image:Im19590220En-Phil.jpg|thumb| February 1959. ]] | ||
[[image:Im1962AE03-Philidas.jpg |thumb| 1962.]] | [[image:Im1962AE03-Philidas.jpg |thumb| 1962.]] | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 27 October 2016
of Harmondsworth (1947)
of Knottingley (1951)
1922 Company founded.
1942 Private company.
1946 Company made public.
1946 Was a subsidiary of Miles Aircraft, formed to produce patented lock nut.[1]
1948 Acquired by W. E. Hughes and Co Ltd, including 50 percent holding in Metaplast (England) Ltd, holders of rights from a US company to make coating of plastic products with metal.
1949 Philidas production was moved to Hughes's factory at Ferrybridge[2]
1951 Name changed.
1959 Name changed.
1959 Part of Whitehouse Industries
1961 Manufacturers of ball and roller bearings.
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