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 164,616 pages of information and 246,219 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.

Acme Domestic Equipment

From Graces Guide
April 1946.
October 1963. Acme Conquest

of Glasgow

1879 Company founded.

1928 Became private company

1961 Manufacturers of domestic laundry equipment, including the "Acme Wringers" 1,000 employees.[1]

1962 of Greenock and Glasgow. Won contract to supply washing machines to Great Universal Stores. John Burt was managing director[2]

1965 Company in liquidation; John Wallace Group was negotiating to take over part of the company[3]. Eventually Polarcold part of the Wallace group took over the Fort Matilda, Greenock factory[4]


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Sources of Information

  1. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  2. The Times, Nov 05, 1962
  3. The Times, Jun 28, 1965
  4. The Times, Aug 02, 1965