Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,585 pages of information and 246,144 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.

L. Gamet Products

From Graces Guide

Gamet roller bearings helped to improve the accuracy of machine tools made by Colchester Lathe Co; the bearings were made at the 2 factories of La Precision Industrielle SA in Paris.

1955 To overcome a bottleneck in supplies, the company was formed by George Cohen, Sons and Co to make Gamet Precision Roller Bearings in the UK for use in their lathes; under exclusive licence; Mr L. Gamet was a minority shareholder in the company[1]

1958 George Cohen 600 Group acquired the minority share in the company[2]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 29, 1955
  2. The Times , Sep 26, 1958