Nottingham Manufacturing Co
of Trinity Street, Loughborough, Leics., manufacturer of pure silk hosiery, wool hosiery, fancy half-hose, underwear and outerwear.
1805 Founded; one of the first joint stock companies in England
1903 The company was registered on 11 June, in reconstruction of a company of the same name. [1]
1935 The Djanogly brothers set up a stocking factory in a Nissen hut in Mansfield - presumably a precursor of Mansfield Hosiery Mills.
1957 Nottingham Manufacturing Co acquired Mansfield Hosiery Mills Ltd
1959 Simon Djangoly was chairman of the company. Acquired an interest in Simone Mirman (Knitwear) Ltd[2]
1969 Acquired the premises and plant making hosiery and underwear of English Rose Ltd and those of the Co-operative Wholesale Society at Huthwaite and Worksop[3]
1973 Acquired Lancaster Carpets and Engineering Co
No further acquisitions were made
1984 Tried but failed to acquire Johnson Group Cleaners. The company had over 20 subsidiary companies.[4]
1985 Largest customers were Marks and Spencer and Littlewoods[5]. Merged with Vantona Viyella[6]
1987 12,000 employees. The parent company became Coats Viyella[7]