of Leicester.
1884 Company founded.
1911 Private company formed - see Wildt and Co
1946 Company made public.
1949 Wildt and Co was acquired by Bentley Engineering Co[1]
1956 Reconverted to private.
1958 Name changed.
1961 Manufacturers and merchants of hoisery and knitting machines, also manufacture knitted fabric. 1,500 employees. [2]
1973 Queen's Award for export
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Jul 20, 1949
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE