Morris Ashby
of Laurence Pountney Lane, London
of 10 Philpot Lane, London EC3 (1963). Distributors of metals.
Maker of die-cast aluminium and zinc components for the automotive industry
Early 1930s: Morris Ashby licensed the zamak alloy developed by New Jersey Zinc. They acquired the right to manufacture the alloy using a locally available electrolytically-refined zinc of 99.95% purity. This was given the name Mazak, partly to distinguish it from zamak and partly from the initials of Morris Ashby.
1933 Imperial Smelting Corporation licensed the refluxer patent in order to use it to produce 99.99% pure zinc in their plant at Avonmouth[1]
1935 Creditor of R. A. M. S. Metal Works Ltd[2]
1963 Sole distributors for the "superfine" zinc dust made by Amalgamated Oxides (1939) Ltd of Dartford[3]
1978 Producer of anti-corrosive pigments for paint industry; acquired by Billiton UK.
1982 Morris Ashby Castings Ltd was incorporated
1987 Name changed to Morris Ashby Ltd
1988 Company listed on Unlisted Securities Market[4]. A subsidiary was Kaye (Presteigne), foundry[5]
1997 Acquired by Automotive Components Investments, a company set up to acquire the company[6]