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 167,669 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Bull Electric

From Graces Guide
1983.
1988.

of Foxhall Road, Ipswich

c.1926 Bull Motors was taken up by E. R. and F. Turner who turned over most of St. Peter's Works to their manufacture.

1969 E. R. and F. Turner sold its grain-handling and feed milling interests; planned to concentrate on making Bull electric motors and Turn-Tuf chilled iron rollers[1]

Bull continued to manufacture specialist DC electric motors in Ipswich until at least early 2000 when much manufacturing was transferred to the Birmingham area.

1986 Bull Motors was renamed Bull Electric Ltd; Bull Electric was renamed Bull Group Ltd.[2]

1987 Noble and Lund acquired Bull Group which made electric motors for the elevator industry and other industrial applications.[3]

1989 Noble and Lund was renamed Cooks Industries

c1990 Bull Electric was acquired from Cooks Industries by Hawker Siddeley[4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, January 14, 1969
  2. 1985 Annual report
  3. The Times May 15, 1987
  4. 1990 HS Annual report