E. N. V. Motors
E. N. V. Motors, Aero & Motor Engineers, of 4 Hythe Road, Willesden.
The London and Parisian Motor Co. was an Anglo-French venture registered in London in 1908. The castings and forgings for its engines were made in Sheffield where the company was originally based, then taken to France for assembly, there being much more aeronautical activity in France than in Britain in 1908, but the French were taxing imported machinery. The French works were in Courbevoie in the Paris suburbs. By 1909 it was decided to begin full manufacture at Willesden, London. At that time a separate company was formed to produce the aero-engines in Willesden, The E.N.V. Motor Syndicate Ltd. [1]
E.N.V. was a contraction of French phrase "en-V" ("in a V"), which was a common name at the time for a V-engine.
1919 Private company incorporated as E. N. V. Motors Ltd to acquire, from Bernard Oppenheimer, the E. N. V. Motor Co, carried on by Brig-General Joseph Frederick Laycock at Willesden [2]
1922 Directors: A. Hukins, Scott Dennington and C. M. Oppenheimer. Manufactures.— Camshafts, spiral and straight tooth bevel gears.
1925 of 6 Whitechapel-Road, London, E.1. when the firm appointed Mr W. T. Day its special travelling representative for Great Britain. [3]
1928 Name changed to E. N. V. Engineering Co and made public.