British Northrop Loom Co
of Daisyfield, Blackburn.
1889-1894 James Henry Northrop invented a method of automatically replenishing the weft in a loom, an important achievement in the history of the loom.
1902 Company established and incorporated as a limited company.
1904 British Northrop Loom Co formed. On behalf of Ashton Brothers Ltd, Henry Philips Greg visited USA and arranged for 500 automatic looms to be imported. As a result the British Northrop Loom Co was established, and Greg became its chairman[1].
1914 Loom manufacturers. Speciality: Northrop automatic looms. [2]
1958 Name changed - the Northrop Group
1958 As a diversification, Northrop Group acquired Chaseside Engineering Co, the original manufacturers of loading shovels in Europe[3]
1961 Manufacturers of automatic looms and earth moving equipment.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Biography of Henry Philips Greg, ODNB [1]
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, Mar 05, 1968