John Jardine
of Deering Street, Nottingham.
1850 Company established.
1914 Lace machine builder. Specialities: every kind of machinery connected with the manufacture of lace; printing machines; shafting pulleys. Employees 2,500. [1]
1918 Public company, lace machine builders.
1924 Started to operate a separate department, Bar-Lock Typewriter Co, for the manufacture of typewriters[2]
1925 Purchased the factory and plant of the Bar-Lock typewriter at Basford, Nottingham, and continued the manufacture of the Bar-Lock Typewriter under the title of the Bar-Lock (1925) Co.[3]
1929 Advert for the 'Jardine' Platen Printing Machines - Models 7, 12 and 14; Cutters, Proof Presses, Guillotines, etc., and Printing Machine Accessories. "Demonstrations Daily". (Stationery Section - Stand No R.149) [4] Shared the advert and Stand No. R149 with Bar-Lock (1925) Co.
1961 Manufacturers of textile machinery specialising in lace making machinery, also manufacture ready mixed concrete machinery. 600 employees. [5].
1961 Made machinery for making carboard boxes, through subsidiary Caledex Machine Co Ltd[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ The Times, Nov 20, 1961
- ↑ The Engineer 1925/10/23
- ↑ 1929 British Industries Fair Advert 152 and p90
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ The Times, Nov 20, 1961