Avery-Hardoll
of 111 Salisbury Road, Kilburn, London, NW6.
1932 Formation of private Anglo-French company. W. and T. Avery owned a substantial interest. The company was responsible for distribution of petrol pumps[1]
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Meter Pumps for Petrol and Oil. (Stand Nos. D.613 and D.512). As part of W. and T. Avery Advert 599. [2]
1937 Petrol pump manufacturers. "Avery-Hardoll" Petrol Pumps. [3]
1952 Patent - Improvements in or relating to liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus.
1953 Formation of JV with Beck and Co called Pump Maintenance Ltd., a nationwide petrol pump maintenance business.
1955 of Chessington (see advert)
1961 Manufacturers of petrol pumps and engineering products for use in the automobile, aviation and ancillary industries. 700 employees. [4]
1979 W. and T. Avery was acquired by GEC
1982 Patent - Fluid Measuring System.
1987 Avery-Hardoll of Havant was a subsidiary of GEC[5]
1987 GEC acquired US-based petrol pump maker Gilbarco which could fit with the international ambitions to build on the Avery-Hardoll petrol dispensing equipment.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times July 6, 1932
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Page 330
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times Feb. 19, 1987