Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.
of Portland Road, Hove
1917 C. A. Vandervell and Co established a factory in Hove, initially on a temporary basis, to produce war materiel including munitions.
Post WWI the business traded as C. A. V. Small Tools
1926 The company made their first lathe, the CVA Wade lathe
1934 The company split from CAV; the name was changed to C. V. A. Jigs Moulds and Tools.
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