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Burtonwood Engineering Co

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of Burtonwood, Warrington.

1924 Richard Dutton-Forshaw founded the Burtonwood Engineering Co[3]

1927 Private company.

1935 Name changed - presumably Burtonwood Motor and Aircraft Engineering Co

1937 Aircraft component manufacturers. "B.M.E." Cylinder Liners and Gudgeon Pins. [4]

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

1948 Name changed.

1949 Advert. 'One of the largest engine reconditioning factories in Europe' [5]

1959 Dutton-Forshaw sold the company.[6] Sold to the United States Industries Incorporated.

1961 Group comprises: Oilfield Equipment Division, manufacturing deep oil well pumps, gas lift valves, slush pump liners, piston rods; plastic Machinery Division: Manufacturing extruders and take-off equipment, dicing machines, granulating machines, high pressure fittings; Oil seal Division, manufacturing synthetic rubber oil seal for industrial and automotive application, rubber moulding; Garage Equipment Division, manufacturing air compressors and boring bars, reconditioning of internal combustion engines. 1,000 employees. [7]


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ W. Rhodes Marriott
  2. ↑ W. Rhodes Marriott
  3. ↑ The Times, Dec 09, 1968
  4. ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  5. ↑ The Autocar of 19th August 1949 Advert p26
  6. ↑ The Times, Dec 09, 1968
  7. ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
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