Flying Needle Frame
From Graces Guide
of Llanthony Road, Gloucester (also known as F.N.F.)
1939 Warp Knitting Frame. Exhibit at Nottingham Industrial Museum
1944 A new warp knitting machine had been released, based on extensive experiments carried out by the late Sir James Morton and perfected by F.N.F., Ltd., a company jointly operated by Courtaulds, Ltd., and Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd.[1]
1952 Courtaulds continued to re-equip its knitting plants with high speed F. N. F. machinery[2]
1958 Hobourn Aero Components acquired a substantial shareholding in F. N. F. Machinery Manufacturing from Courtaulds[3]
1960 Name changed, presumably to Hobourn-F. N. F..
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