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Flexibox

From Graces Guide
November 1957.

of Nash road, Trafford Park, Manchester, maker of seals for compressors and pumps

WWII Technology for mechanical seals for pumps and compressors was developed that formed the basis for the firm[1]

1945 Flexibox Ltd was incorporated; Manchester Oil Refinery Ltd assigned some of its shares to Mr Fritz Porges

1945 Majority shareholding acquired by Manchester Oil Refinery Ltd[2]

1956 Opened new factory in Ballymena[3]

By 1963 Manchester Oil Refinery and Flexibox were owned by Burmah Oil Trading[4]

1985 Name changed to Flexibox International Ltd

1986 Part of EIS Group[5]

1998 Acquired by John Crane, part of TI Group, now part of Smiths Group.


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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Times Mar. 8, 1951
  2. ↑ The Times, Feb 28, 1949
  3. ↑ The Times, Apr 24, 1957
  4. ↑ The Times May 16, 1963
  5. ↑ The Times Jan. 20, 1986
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