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Barber and Colman

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1917.
January 1920.
November 1926. Hobbing Spline Shafts.
August 1933.
September 1933.
1936.
1939.
1940.
1941.
1943.
November 1943/October 1945.
1945.

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April 1946/February 1947.
November 1947.
April 1948.
May 1948.
June 1948.
July 1948.
May 1950.
November 1950.
January 1952.
November 1952.
November 1954.
November 1957.
1962.
May 1964.

of Marsland Road, Brooklands, Manchester, UK subsidiary of the Barber-Colman Company, USA.[1]

1902 Business established

1904 Incorporated as a Limited Company.

1922 Specialities: Barber warp-tying machines, Barber knotters, warp-drawing machines, Barber-Colman hobbing machines, Barber-Colman hobs, machine tools, gauges.

1940 Advert. Lock washers and locking terminals. [2]

1945 Advert. Lock washers and locking terminals. [3]

1986 Senior Engineering purchased the air distribution equipment division of Barber and Colman.[4]

1987 Siebe acquired the industrial automation, commercial controls parts of the Barber-Colman business when the group was broken up.

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Barber-Colman.
  2. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1940. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p182
  3. ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1945. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p220
  4. ↑ Manchester Evening News - 15 July 1986
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