Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Serco-Ryan

From Graces Guide

of Stoke Newington Church Street, London (1975), distributor of engineering tools and fasteners, of London, Avonmouth, Bilston, Salford and Glasgow.

1957 Shorts concluded an agreement with Serco Ltd. of London for the marketing of a new tool to be known as the Short-Serco Gun Reamer. Under this agreement Serco Ltd.. are arranging for manufacture of the reamer[1]

1968 Serco (Ulster) Ltd was in liquidation; meeting held at the offices of James Booth Aluminium[2]

1969 Blucher-Grundy, Serco-Ryan Ltd. and Rapp Metals Ltd were part of the James Booth Aluminium Group[3]

By 1973 Serco-Ryan was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcan Aluminium (UK)[4], part of the stockists division of Alcan Booth Industries[5]

c.1975 The company had an address in Salford

1980 Manufacturers and suppliers of stainless steel fasteners, small tools, valves, pipes and fittings, compression fittings and tubes, contractors tools, protective and safety equipment[6]

1981 A wholly owned subsidiary of Alcan Aluminium (UK)[7]

1984 of Walthamstow

1987 Acquired by Lilleshall Co[8]

1992 Acquired Allthread International

1993 Acquired Jay Fasteners[9]

1994 Wholly-owned subsidiaries included:[10]

1998 Acquired Gladstone Fastener[11]

2005 Acquired by Trifast

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Sources of Information

  1. Belfast Telegraph Tuesday 02 April 1957
  2. London Gazette 5 April 1968
  3. Birmingham Daily Post 03 July 1969
  4. Alcan annual report
  5. The Times Feb. 19, 1973
  6. Belfast Herald 21 November 1980
  7. Newcastle Journal 20 February 1981
  8. Western Daily Press 24 September 1987
  9. Birmingham Daily Post Monday 12 July 1993
  10. 1994 Annual report
  11. Birmingham Daily Post 06 October 1998