Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,254 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

A. M. Lock and Co

From Graces Guide
1967. Simcar Level Controller.

of Neville Street, Oldham.

Producer of metal detection equipment for the food processing industry and testing equipment used in the production of tubes and wires.

1949 Company founded.

c. 1966 Acquired by the Foseco Group.

1969 Advertised a globe of the Moon[1]

1979 Acquired by Newey and Eyre.[2]

1984 Won a Queen's Award for export[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Nov 08, 1969
  2. Coventry Evening Telegraph - Aug 22, 1979
  3. The Times Apr 21, 1984