Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,390 pages of information and 246,820 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Brico Engineering

From Graces Guide
November 1968.

of Holbrook Lane, Coventry.

1966 Changed name from British Piston Ring Co because piston rings were no longer the principal product of the company; part of the Associated Engineering Group[1]

1966 Manufactured the first electronic-controlled petrol injection system made in Britain[2]

1969 Aston Martin DB6 MkII announced as first British production car with fuel injection engine, using a system developed over 7 years by Brico Engineering[3]

1974 Mr. T. P. Blundell was appointed a director of Brico Engineering, a member of the Associated Engineering Group.[4]

1988 Producers of automotive components, sintered powder metal and cast iron; recruiting staff[5]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Feb 07, 1966
  2. The Times, Sep 22, 1966
  3. The Times 21 August 1969
  4. The Engineer 1974/05/30
  5. Coventry Evening Telegraph 25 June 1988