Aiton and Co




of Derby
1900 Company founded at Willesden by J. Arthur Aiton
1907 Needing room for expansion, moved to Derby
1913 Became private company.
1920 Issued catalogue on wrought steel and cast iron pipes, steam separators, expansion joints, foot valves and strainers, and much more [1]
1953 Became public company.
1961 Pipework engineers, also evaporator distillers, specialised pipework designed, manufactured and erected in any part of the world for chemical plant, power stations, industry and ships. 1,500 employees [2]
1967 Whessoe acquired Aiton and Co[3].
1994 Whessoe sold Aiton and Co to Prospect Industries[4]
See Also
- 1918 Directory of Manufacturers in Engineering and Allied Trades: Company A
- 1922 Who's Who In Engineering: Company A
- 1924 British Empire Exhibition
- 1927 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Visits to Works
- 1950 British Industries Fair: Companies A
- 1957 British Industries Fair: Companies A
- 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- 1993 Key British Enterprises
- Alfred Towle
- Engineering 1948 Jul-Dec: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1950 Jul-Dec: Index: General
- Engineering 1953 Jan-Jun: Index: Paragraphs
- Engineering 1958 Jul-Dec: Index
- Engineering 1961 Jul-Dec: Index
- Frederick John Cook
- John Arthur Aiton
- Prospect Engineering
- Prospect Industries
- Robert Gosby Wood
- Samuel Moore
- The Engineer 1905/07/07
- The Engineer 1909/03/19
- The Engineer 1910/10/28
- The Engineer 1911/02/24
- The Engineer 1913/03/07
- The Engineer 1916/12/29
- The Engineer 1922/04/07
- The Engineer 1922/09/29
- The Engineer 1922/11/17
- The Engineer 1924/07/18
- The Engineer 1924/10/10
- The Engineer 1931/08/07
- The Engineer 1932 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1935 Jan-Jun: Index
- The Engineer 1949 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1951 Jul-Dec: Index
- The Engineer 1953 Jan-Jun: Index
- Whessoe
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/02/20 p208
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, 27 April 1967
- ↑ 1994 Annual report