Acme Domestic Equipment
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]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Nov 05, 1962
- ↑ The Times, Jun 28, 1965
- ↑ The Times, Aug 02, 1965