Singer-Cobble
1955 An American company opened a wholly-owned subsidiary: Cobble Brothers Machinery
1960 The American parent was taken over by Singer; the subsidiary became Singer-Cobble.
British Tufting Machinery of Blackburn was also absorbed by Singer
1964 Edgar Pickering left Singer-Cobble to form Edgar Pickering (Blackburn), making tufting machinery and ancillary equipment.
1968 Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement [1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 26th April 1968 p650
- The Times, Mar 05, 1968