Aurora Gear and Engineering Co
of Sheffield
1924 Public company incorporated as Aurora Gearing Co (Wilmot North) Ltd
1957 Name changed to Aurora Gear and Engineering Co Ltd
1960 Acquired Watling Street Group at Markyate[1] and Fit Limited, maker of tyre remoulding equipment[2]
1963 Acquired William Watts (Holdings) Ltd of Nottingham[3]
1964 Acquired Darlington Wire Mills Ltd[4] and Pashley and Trickett
1966 Acquired F. Turnbull and Co (Engineers), a publically quoted company[5]
1967 Acquired Webster Equipment and Webster Machine Development[6]
1968 Disposed of Darlington Wire Mills; efforts put into improving Skerne Engineering Co; Websters had developed a novel mining machine; extensions at the Markgate Group and Emil Engineering Co in Rotherham[7]
1969 Acquired The Hille Engineering Co; steps were being taken to improve the performance of Hill Bentham Engineering Co[8]
1970 Disposed of the Tyre Machinery business of Hill Bentham and Hill Mould Equipment Ltd; Marygate Group provided advanced components for jet engines; 2 subsidiaries were involved in process and control engineering; the steel stockholder subsidiary had a busy year; several subsidiaries anticipated pick up in demand for capital equipment[9]
1972 Affected by the problems at Rolls-Royce
1973 Sold Watling Street group of companies at Markyate[10]
1973 Acquired Anderton-Forco Industries[11]
1974 Became Aurora Holdings