Owen Organisation
The Owen Organisation was a diversified firm built up from its origins in Rubery Owen with Alfred George Beech Owen and Ernest William Beech Owen (1910–1967) as managing directors; the other third of the company was owned by their sister, Jean. The managing directors remunerated themselves modestly and the company paid no dividends.
By 1950 the Owen Organisation had been formally established, holding Rubery, Owen and Co and presumably other companies.
1952 The Owen Group of Companies supplied components to the motor trade (see advert)
1957 The Owen Organisation consisted of:
- Rubery, Owen and Co
- Leabank Office Equipment
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks
- E. Camelinat and Co
- C. and L. Hill
- Hill-Alzen
- Denfords Engineering Co
- Easiclene Porcelain-Enamel (1938)
- Shorrock Superchargers
1959 Companies forming the Organization:
- Rubery Owen and Co. Ltd.,
- Electro-Hydraulics, Ltd.
- Rubery Owen (Warrington)
- E. Camelinat and Co.
- Motor Panels (Coventry)
- Hudson Brown
- Bentley Hall Brick Co.
- Easiclene Porcelain-Enamel (1938)
- A. Warden and Co.
- Rubery Owen and Kemsley Proprietary
- Rubery Owen Housing Association
- Rogers and Jackson
- Salopian Engineers
- Shuker and Son (Shrewsbury)
- R. and J. Wrexham (Wholesale)
- J. W. Baker and Co.
- Nuts and Bolts (Darlaston)
- C. and L. Hill
- Brooke Tool Manufacturing Co.
- A. G. Sutherland
- Chains
- Darlaston and District Housing Co.
- T. S. Harrison and Sons
- Invicta Electrodes
- Kleine Co.
- Eaton Axles
- Associated Constructional Engineers
- New Hall Farm
- Waddington Tools
- G. R. Smithson and Co.
- Port Hamble
- Luke Brothers
- B. T. Developments
- Gasel Appliances
- Denfords Engineering Co
- Rubery Owen
- Kepston
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks
- Conveyancer Fork Trucks (Australia), Pty.
- Electro Hydraulics (Canada), Ltd.,
- Gasel
- J. E. Brassey and Son
- The Castra Electric Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
- Cardinal Steels, Ltd.
- Leabank Office Equipment, Ltd.
- Bowser International, Ltd.
- Charles Clark and Son, Ltd.
- Charles Clark and Son (Stafford), Ltd.
- Shorrock Superchargers
- Hodgkiss Oilburners
- Walsall Football Club
- British Overseas Boat Co.
- Hill, Alzen (Sales)
- Rubery Owen and Scott (S.A.)
- Rubery Owen (Canada)
1967 Cash problems faced Rubery Owen and Co due to the death of Ernest Owen who owned one-third of the shares[1]
1969 The organisation was one of the biggest private businesses in Britain, with a workforce of about 16,000. Alfred Owen retired due to ill-health.
1974 After some years of cash drain, the Owen Organisation ended its support for BRM[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Biography of Sir Alfred George Beech Owen, ODNB