Smith's Electric Vehicles
of Princesway, Team Valley, Gateshead-on-Tyne
Battery Electric Road Vehicle Manufacturers.
1920 Company incorporated as Northern Electric Vehicle Services Ltd
1946 Horace William Heyman joined Northern Coachbuilders Ltd. as Manager of their newly formed Electric Vehicle Department.
1949 Heyman became Managing Director when a separate Company, Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd., was formed
1949 Name of Northern Electric Vehicle Services was changed to Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd and converted from a public to a private company.
1994 The company was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ringtons Ltd
1953 Directors: D. Smith. H. W. Heyman (Managing). D. Smith, Jnr. (Secretary). Sales Manager: E. Heyman.
1953 Name changed to Smith's Delivery Vehicles Ltd
1961 Name changed to Smith's Electric Vehicles Ltd
1997 Became SEV Group when the holding of Rington's was sold to MotionObject Ltd, a company owned by J. D. Smith and Ringtons.
2004 The fork-lift truck hire business was sold
2005 Name changed to Norquip Ltd, maker of electric vehicles and aerial access platforms. The ultimate parent company was Tanfield Group[1]. The electric vehicle and aerial access platforms business was sold to SEV Group[2]
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Sources of Information
- Companies House filings