Birfield Industries of Stratford House, London W.1.
1938 New company formed, Birfield Industries, for purpose of acquiring Hardy Spicer and Co and the undertaking and assets of Laycock Engineering Co [1].
1938 Became public company
By 1950 Phosphor Bronze Co and Bound Brook Bearings Ltd were subsidiaries[2].
1957 Birfield Industries supplied the automotive, railway, aviation and general engineering industries; subsidiaries were[3]:
- Birlite Batteries
- Bound Brook Bearings
- Castingite
- Cox Atmos Products
- Forgings and Presswork
- Hardy Spicer
- T. B. Ford
- Intermit
- Kent Alloys
- G. K. Lancaster (London)
- Laycock Engineering
- R. Jones and Co
- Oddy Engineering
- The Phosphor Bronze Co
- Salisbury Transmission
- Toolmakers and Designs (Coventry)
- Vacuum Brake Co
- Unipower Rzeppa
1956/7 Name of holding company changed to The Birfield Group
1961 Holding company for group of 24 subsidiaries comprising foundries and factories for light engineering products in the automotive, railway, agricultural, aviation, filtration and general engineering industries. 8,100 employees
1964 Birfield Group consisted of[4]:
- Bound Brook
- Forgings and Presswork
- Felco Hoists
- Hardy Spicer
- Hardy Spicer Walterscheid
- John C. Carlson
- T. B. Ford
- Shotton Brothers
- Kent Alloys
- Laycock Engineering
- R. Jones and Co
- Oddy Engineering
- Salisbury Transmission
- Birfield Filtration
- Birfield Machine Tools
- Birfield Extrusions
- Birfield Industries
- Foundry Mechanisations (Baillot)
- A. E. Callaghan and Son
- Micron Sprayers
1967 Acquired by GKN becoming GKN Birfield Transmissions.[5]