Aluminium Castings Co
of Ingleston Foundry, Greenock, and of Beverley Works, Barnes, London
1901 Business established
1906 Incorporated as a public company
Manufacturer of Aluminium castings of every description. Maker of Solar pure cast aluminium cooking utensils.
1947 Produced aluminium castings, by sand and die casting, and cast hollow ware under brand name Solar. Other subsidiaries were[1]:
- Aluminium Bronze Co
- Burnley Aircraft Products
- Universal Boilers and Engineering Co
- Scottish Aluminium Ware
- Verichrome Plating Co of Walsall
- Makmoroom of Walsall
1948 Acquired R. L. Atkinson and Co together with wholly-owned subsidiary Atkinson's Spreading Services; name changed to Atkinson's Agricultural Appliances. New factory being built at Larkhall[2]
1951 Introduced the Swirlux washing machine[3]
1954 Acquired Draftex, which owned Bright Manufacturing Co and Bright Products, manufacturing aircraft, motor and industrial sealing devices[4]
1955 Acquired Renfrew Aircraft and Engineering Co, of Renfrew, Canada, to make aero-engine parts[5]
1956 Acquired Trent Foundries, specialist in sand casting of non-ferrous alloys[6]
1957 Name changed to Solar Industries[7]
1960 Proprietors: Solar Industries. (1960 Advert)
1960 The Greenock Foundry of Aluminium Castings Company was closed[8].